'Romanticism and Secrets' One-Day Conference

2 May 2012, 11 am

'The Secret Letter' by Florent Willems

The Centre for Romantic Studies at the University of Bristol is pleased to announce that we will be holding a one-day conference on the theme of 'Romanticism and Secrets' on Wednesday 2 May 2012.

Our plenary speaker will be Dr Seamus Perry (Balliol College, University of Oxford).

Conference Programme:

10.30-11.00: Registration

11.00-12.30: Panel 1

Dr Anthony Howe (Birmingham City University): 'Byron's Secret Poetics'

Ms Merrilees Fay Harris (Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge): 'Sexy or Sincere?: Bad Faith and Deception in "The Eve of St Agnes"'

Professor David Punter (University of Bristol): 'Gothic Secretions: Deconstructing the "Family"'

12.30-13.30: Lunch (not provided; there are a number of cafes and shops in the vicinity)

13.30-15.00: Panel 2

Ms Stephanie Codsi (University of Bristol): 'Structures of Concealment in the Books of Urizen'

Dr Céline Sabiron (Pembroke College, University of Oxford): 'Walter Scott's Secret Authorship, Or a Reversed Masquerade Played Across the Channel'

Ms Bea Sanford Russell (Princeton University): 'Open Secrets: Wordsworth's Feeling for the Insensible'

15.00-15.30: Tea/coffee

15.30-16.30: Panel 3

Mr Andrew Hodgson (Durham University): 'Thomas Lovell Beddoes and the Afterlife: "Some Secret Stirring"'

Dr Jane Wright (University of Bristol): 'Open Secrets: Romantic to Victorian'

16.45-17.45: Plenary lecture by Dr Seamus Perry (Balliol College, University of Oxford): 'Wordsworthian Secrecy and the Liberal Imagination'

17.45: Wine reception

The conference will take place in the Reception Room, 43 Woodland Road, University of Bristol, BS8 1UU. Maps and travel information are available at http://bris.ac.uk/maps/

To book a place at the conference, please email your name and institution to romanticismsecrets@gmail.com, indicating whether or not you would like to join us for the conference dinner at a local restaurant in the evening. A fee of £5 will be payable by cash or cheque on the day; this includes tea/coffee and a wine reception.

For more information, please contact the convenors, Stacey McDowell and Catherine Redford, at romanticismsecrets@gmail.com