As part of Women's History Month, Surrey historian David Taylor will be speaking at the CUNY Grad Center on "Mrs. Dalloway Goes to the Lighthouse." Vernon Lushington, the subject whose biography he is writing, was the father of the woman Virginia Woolf based Mrs. Dalloway upon, Kitty Maxse.
His talk will be Friday March 6th, 4-6 p. m., room 4406 of the Grad. Center (365 5th Avenue, between 34th and 35th). It is being sponsored by the Women's Studies Certificate Program and the English Department.
(He will also be speaking on Thursday March 12, 6 p. m., at the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th St. Tickets there are $12 for members, $18 nonmembers - www.morrissociety.org The Grolier Club talk is entitled "Vernon Lushington: Pre-Raphaelite, Friend of William Morris, and Father of 'Mrs. Dalloway.'")
Friday, February 20, 2009
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