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From: angelica
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 17:01:16 -0800
Dear all, Sorry but I seem always to be out of town, away from email, on the day to post notices. Sorry this is late. Best wishes, Angelica Carpenter
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University will host the first conference ever to be held on the life and works of Frances Hodgson Burnett, April 25', in Fresno. For information, see the Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org, E-mail the Center at
, or phone (559) 278?16. Deadline for registration is April 11.
Frequently Asked Questions: Why a conference about Frances Hodgson Burnett? What will be revealed?
There has never been a conference about Frances Hodgson Burnett; this one is attracting international interest and speakers from England, Ireland, Australia, Japan (two) and all over the U.S.
Burnett is best known for her children's books The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, but in her lifetime she was a best-selling novelist for adults.
With subjects like single motherhood, abusive marriages, and the interaction of cultures, her adult novels are sparking new international interest.
Her novel The Making of a Marchioness has just been republished in England by Persephone Books; Alison Lurie will discuss it at the conference.
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina will have her new biography of Burnett published by Rutgers University Press in 2003; we will also see a clip from her documentary on Burnett, under production.
More than 24 feature films have been made of Burnett's books, including at least nine silent films based on her adult novels. We will see film clips at the conference.
Burnett had hit plays on Broadway and on the London stage at a time when other women playrights could not even get their work read.
She won a major copyright case in England that gave authors the right to dramatize their own novels.
She was a major celebrity, romantically linked to editor Richard Watson Gilder, author Israel Zangwill, actor/playright Will Gillette, and other handsome, younger men. Her second husband was a handsome, younger man.
Burnett's granddaughters were so horrified by her unconventional lifestyle that as adults, they never spoke of her and considered her a disgrace to the family.
Received on Mon 03 Mar 2003 07:01:16 PM CST
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 17:01:16 -0800
Dear all, Sorry but I seem always to be out of town, away from email, on the day to post notices. Sorry this is late. Best wishes, Angelica Carpenter
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University will host the first conference ever to be held on the life and works of Frances Hodgson Burnett, April 25', in Fresno. For information, see the Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org, E-mail the Center at
, or phone (559) 278?16. Deadline for registration is April 11.
Frequently Asked Questions: Why a conference about Frances Hodgson Burnett? What will be revealed?
There has never been a conference about Frances Hodgson Burnett; this one is attracting international interest and speakers from England, Ireland, Australia, Japan (two) and all over the U.S.
Burnett is best known for her children's books The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, but in her lifetime she was a best-selling novelist for adults.
With subjects like single motherhood, abusive marriages, and the interaction of cultures, her adult novels are sparking new international interest.
Her novel The Making of a Marchioness has just been republished in England by Persephone Books; Alison Lurie will discuss it at the conference.
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina will have her new biography of Burnett published by Rutgers University Press in 2003; we will also see a clip from her documentary on Burnett, under production.
More than 24 feature films have been made of Burnett's books, including at least nine silent films based on her adult novels. We will see film clips at the conference.
Burnett had hit plays on Broadway and on the London stage at a time when other women playrights could not even get their work read.
She won a major copyright case in England that gave authors the right to dramatize their own novels.
She was a major celebrity, romantically linked to editor Richard Watson Gilder, author Israel Zangwill, actor/playright Will Gillette, and other handsome, younger men. Her second husband was a handsome, younger man.
Burnett's granddaughters were so horrified by her unconventional lifestyle that as adults, they never spoke of her and considered her a disgrace to the family.
Received on Mon 03 Mar 2003 07:01:16 PM CST
