The English Department proudly presents a conference on the Literature of Northern New England in Hollis House on Sat., April 5 from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Papers are being presented on the literature of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire by presenters from 10 states, including as far away as Virginia and Texas. Our keynote speaker is Jay Parini from Middlebury College, presenting “The Nature of New England: Emerson, Frost and Beyond.”
Presenters
Send $25 registration fee by March 24 to:
Kathleen McDonald
School of Humanities
Webb 311, Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive
Northfield, VT 05663
Attendees
The conference is open to any member of the Norwich University community. Attendance at the individual panels in Hollis House is without charge to the University community. If you would like to attend the keynote and luncheon, there is a $15 fee and we request that you RSVP to kmcdonal@norwich.edu by Mon., March 24 so that we can make appropriate arrangements with Sodexho. If you have any questions, please contact Professor McDonald at ext. 2416.
Tentative Schedule
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8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m.
Coffee and registration
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9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Session One: Form and Politics in the Poetry of Robert Frost
Hollis House 115- A Momentary Stay Against Confusion: Charles Peirce, Robert Frost and the Struggle for Form
Kristen Case, City University of New York - Frost’s ‘Build Soil’: Pastoral and New Deal Politics.
John Kennedy, University of Connecticut
Session Two: Voices of Contemporary Maine
Hollis House 216- The Identity Crisis in John Irving’s Maine.
Alexa Rose Steinberg, University of New Hampshire - Stephen King’s Modern Feminine Mythology: Classical Monsters and Goddesses Re-imagined in It, Misery, Dolores Claiborne, and Rose Madder.
Abigail L. Montgomery, Blue Ridge Community College
- A Momentary Stay Against Confusion: Charles Peirce, Robert Frost and the Struggle for Form
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10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Break
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10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
Session Three: Breadloaf
Hollis House 115- David Bain, Middlebury College
Session Four: The Literary Landscape
Hollis House 216- Portland, Maine: The Literary City.
Emily Dolan, University of Connecticut - Maine Women Writers and a Sense of Place.
Judith Hakola, University of Maine - Dead Ducks and Cranberry Trees: Juxtaposing the Destruction and Beauty of Nature in Thoreau’s I.
Mandy Nydegger, Baylor University
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11:45 a.m.–noon
Break and transition to Milano Ballroom for keynote and luncheon
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noon–1:30 p.m.
Luncheon & keynote address
- The Nature of New England: Emerson, Frost and Beyond.
Jay Parini, D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing, Middlebury College
- The Nature of New England: Emerson, Frost and Beyond.
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1:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
Break and transition back to Hollis House
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1:45 p.m.–3 p.m.
Session Five: Literature of the Nineteenth Century
Hollis House 115- Almanzo Wilder: Son of the North.
Wayne Jebian, University of Connecticut - The Best Indian: Hobomok, Sacrifice, and the Invention of the American.
Deborah Katz, Brown University - The Hope of Young America: College and Character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe.
Kenneth Nivison, DeSales University
Session Six: Writing and Vermont
Hollis House 216- Vermont Hill Culture in the Poetry of Arthur Wallace Peach
Dan Lane, Norwich University - Daniel Pierce Thompson and the Nineteenth Century Vermont Environment.
Jill Mudgett, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. - Ruth Stone’s Reflections on Otherness.
Anne Rashid, Ithaca College
- Almanzo Wilder: Son of the North.
