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Possibly of interest-- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Samuels Lasner <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:27 AM Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] "Forgiving Janey"--lecture on Jane Morris at Columbia University Libraries, Tuesday, 26 March To: [log in to unmask] "Forgiving Janey: A New View of a Remarkable Woman" A lecture by Frank Sharp Tuesday, 26 March, 6 p.m. Room 523, Butler Library Columbia University, 535 West 114th Street, New York Reception to follow Sponsored by Columbia University Libraries & the William Morris Society in the United States Free and open to the public Jane Morris has traditionally been treated harshly by scholars writing on William Morris. When not the subject of outright attack, she has been dismissed as unintelligent, or unimportant. Frank Sharp will discuss his work with Jan Marsh on *The Collected Letters of Jane Morris* (Boydell Press, 2012) and how the wealth of new information provided by the letters reveals a politically engaged (though disenfranchised), culturally aware woman who was involved and assisted in most of William Morris's endeavors. Her ability to recreate herself given her childhood of dire poverty was accomplished through her own keen intelligence. Sharp will argue for a major reevaluation of Jane Morris in light of this new evidence. Frank Sharp is an independent scholar who has written extensively on Morris and his circle. For more information: Michael Ryan [log in to unmask] or Mark Samuels Lasner [log in to unmask] William Morris Society website: www.morrissociety.org Mark Samuels Lasner Senior Research Fellow University of Delaware Library 181 South College Avenue Newark, DE 19717 Tel (302) 831-3250 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~