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Tuesday 11 June 2013, 17:45-19:15
Sappho, Lincoln, & the American Senate: Picturing Female Desire in the 19th Century
â ī¸ Important: This talk is open to the public and may be podcast. This is the last talk of the term.
- đ¤ Speaker: Prof. Simon Goldhill Kings College and Director of CRASSH
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 11 June 2013, 17:45 - 19:15
- đ Venue: Gatsby Room, Wolfson College
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Prof Jane Chapman
Abstract
Why did Lincoln prompt a discussion of Sappho in the American Senate? And how does this lead us to explore why Sappho was good to represent for nineteenth century artists and what do these representations tell us about female desire in this era and the role of the classical past in it?
Series This talk is part of the Wolfson College Humanities Society talks series.
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