Join the RSVP Digital Event team for a star-studded book launch of British Writers, Popular Literature and New Media Innovation, 1820-1845 (edited by Alexis Easley) on August 30!
Moderated by Alexis Easley, this 90-minute session will showcase the work of various participants in this new EUP volume, which takes up the emergence of a mass reading public during the early decades of the nineteenth century, a period of creative innovation in the popular press.
For more details, read the book’s abstract and table of contents.
Our speakers include:
- Alexis Easley, Chair and Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas
- Brian Maidment, Emeritus Professor of the History of Print at Liverpool John Morres University
- Linda Hughes, Addie Levy Professor of Literature at Texas Christian University
- Jennie Batchelor, Head and Professor of English and Related Literature at the University of York
- Caley Ehnes, Professor of Literature and Composition at the College of the Rockies
- Helena Goodwyn, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Northumbria University
- Sofia Prado Huggins, Project Manager for the Uproot Project
- Françoise Baillet, Professor of British History and Culture, Caen Normandie University
- Elizabeth Howard, Assistant Professor of English, Bethlehem College
Join Us Friday, August 30
This is a 90-minute session to accommodate all speakers, but we’ll convene at the usual time: 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 4 p.m. GMT / 5 p.m. CET. This event is free but registration is required to receive the Zoom link.