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Frankenstein at 200

Frankenstein can teach us a valuable lesson about culture—the way that high art grows out of and can in turn influence commercial culture, even the mass media. Essay

FictionVirginiaMay 8, 2020Fiction, Frankenstein, Popular Culture, Romanticism, Mary Shelley, Film

Ink-Stained Genius

Writing a biography of Charles Dickens is not an enviable task. It is much like trying to paint a portrait of Rembrandt—the Dutchman already did such a good job himself. Book Review

FictionVirginiaApril 30, 2020Book Review, Charles Dickens, Fiction

The Serialized Novel in the Nineteenth Century

A study of the first form of culture mass-marketed as a commodity. The distinctive nature of print culture. Focus on Dickens. The art of the cliffhanger. Mass culture and artistic feedback. How the novel evolves over time. Lecture 5

Commerce & Culture, Economics & LiteratureVirginiaFebruary 27, 2020Commerce & Culture, Charles Dickens, Fiction

The Economics of Modernism

Modernist hostility to the marketplace. The return to patronage and the turn to the academy and government funding. Case studies include Ezra Pound and James Joyce, with some attention to modernist painting and music. Lecture 6

Commerce & Culture, Economics & LiteratureVirginiaFebruary 25, 2020Painting, Modernism, Commerce & Culture, Art, Fiction