From the Canterbury Tales to Ulysses, the Rosenbach’s collection is full of books that have been banned, challenged, or censored. During Banned Books Week (Sept 24-30) take your rights and the books back into your own hands, discuss the controversies surrounding them, and celebrate your freedom to read.
Autumn meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America/Eastern Pennsylvania Region, featuring a lecture by Edward G. Pettit, Sunstein Manager of Public Programs at the Rosenbach. A select number of tickets will be available for non-JASNA members.
Robin Black is the author of several books including If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This and is currently currently teaching the Rosenbach course on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway.
Hwaet! We turn the Rosenbach into an Anglo-Saxon Mead-Hall, as we drink a batch of mead and Scandinavian ale from local brewer, George Hart and read selections from the epic poem in both Old and Modern English.
Reading Shakespeare’s plays aloud offers not only a communal way to enjoy these great works but also promotes a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s poetry and wordplay. No acting experience is required to participate — just bring a copy of the play we’re reading…and your voice!
This course is devoted to the literary achievements of the Brontë sisters, whose first novels arrived on the scene in 1847 with the collective publication of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey. Representing themselves as a trio of brothers — Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell — the Brontës polarized their critics, with many insisting that works as complex as theirs could only be produced by men, while others noted their daring and sometimes radical representation of gender and sexuality.
Reading Shakespeare’s plays aloud offers not only a communal way to enjoy these great works but also promotes a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s poetry and wordplay. No acting experience is required to participate — just bring a copy of the play we’re reading…and your voice!
The Bibliococktails series celebrates great literature and great libations.
This extended program will be the kick-off event for Stoker and Barker’s new Dracula-inspired prequel novel, Dracul, with vampiric festivities, a presentation by the authors and a book-signing.
Christine Woody is a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently teaching the Rosenbach’s course on the Brontë Sisters.