Comic Verse of the Long 19th Century: Power, Politics, Poetics
The Centre for Literature and Inclusion, Grove House
09:00 - 17:00
A one-day conference to be held in Grove House, University of Roehampton on Wednesday 20 July.
Literary critics have increasingly argued for poetics as an especially fecund space for social comedy and criticism. As a period in which nonsense, nursery rhyme and light verse flourished, it is clear that the long 19th century took humorous poetry seriously. That this period was one of eclectic formal experimentation puts its verse and the comic into even more distinctive and exciting relation. We are delighted to present this one-day conference exploring the rousing and radical partnership between comedy and verse throughout the long 19th century.
Organiser
Dr Jasmine Jagger, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, University of Roehampton
Speakers
Professor Margaret Higonnet, Professor Margaret Stetz, Professor Brian Maidment and Dr James Williams.
Tickets cost £35 per delegate or £30 for students. Please visit the Roehampton e-store to book your place.