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SCHEMEL FORUM ~ MADNESS, MYSTERY AND MURDEROUS DESIRE: CHARLES DICKENS' BLEAK HOUSE

Tuesday, 20 March, 2012

Madness, Mystery and Murderous Desire: Charles Dickens’ Bleak House

Published between 1852 and 1853, Bleak House is often said to be the greatest of the many novels written by Dickens, who is known as one of the most popular, influential and satiric of nineteenth century authors. In this course we will read this magnificent “megalosaurus" of nineteenth-century fiction together, exploring the issues which haunt and define its limits as it speaks to its own historical moment and as it continues to speak to our own.

Denise Fulbrook, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, University of Scranton

6 Sessions in an 8-week span (with reading time built in)  Tuesdays:  March 20 and 27; April 3 reading week/no class; April 10 and 17; April 24 Reading week/no class; May 1 and 8.

Required Reading:  Bleak House by Charles Dickens (edited by Nicola Bradbury with preface by Terry Eagleton)

Paperback: 1036 pages

Publisher: Penguin Classics (April 29, 2003)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0141439726

ISBN-13: 978-0141439723

Contact:

Kym Fetsko

Phone: 570.941.7816
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Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305

300 Monroe Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510