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William E & Mariam S Blake Speaker Series: Before there was Facebook: The Long History of Distraction and Absorption
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| Date and Time
| | Thursday, November 1, 2012
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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University Student Commons
- Richmond Salon III-V, Monroe Park Campus
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Humanities & Sciences:History
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John Plotz, Ph.D. Brandeis University
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All
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John Plotz specializes in Victorian literature and the novel. His Guggenheim project, Semi-Detached: The Aesthetics of Partial Absorption, is about what it means to get partially drawn into a work of art. In it he asks: When youve half lost yourself in a book, what happens to the half left behind? He is the author of The Crowd: British Literature and Public Politics (California, 2000) and Portable Property: Victorian Culture on the Move (Princeton, 2008; named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title).
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McDaniel, Shirley R.
8048270867
srmcdani@vcu.edu
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McDaniel, Shirley R.
8048270867
srmcdani@vcu.edu |
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