Conference 2010

Robert Southey, Romantic Renaissances and Contexts

14-16 April 2010

Keswick, Cumbria

Poet, essayist, historian, travel-writer, biographer, translator and polemicist, Robert Southey (1774-1843) was one of the most controversial of all Romantic period writers.

This conference – held in Keswick, Southey’s home for 40 years – will celebrate the life and works of a high-profile experimental author, who was centrally involved in literary culture in Britain in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It coincides with an exhibition at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery devoted to Southey.

The keynote speakers are

• Michael Gamer (University of Pennsylvania)

• Alan Vardy (Hunter College, CUNY)

Conference events include

• a wine reception and visit to the Southey exhibition at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery

• a conference dinner at Morrels restaurant, Keswick

• a visit to Southey’s grave and the memorial to him in Crosthwaite church

• a visit to Greta Hall, the home of Southey and his brother-in-law Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For the draft Conference Programme, click here.

For information about travel, accommodation and Keswick, click here.

For the Booking Form, click here.

For the Conference poster, click here.

Last date for registration: Friday 26 March 2010

Conference organisers: Dr Carol Bolton (Loughborough); Professor Tim Fulford (Nottingham Trent); Dr Ian Packer (Lincoln); Dr Lynda Pratt (Nottingham).

The conference is organised in association with the Universities of Lincoln, Loughborough, Nottingham and Nottingham Trent, and with the support of the British Association for Romantic Studies, the Midlands Romantic Seminar and the Society for Renaissance Studies

Enquiries about the conference should be directed to Dr Carol Bolton (C.J.Bolton@lboro.ac.uk).  The deadline for booking is Friday 26 March 2010.