UTC community,
I would like to thank those of you who attended Dr. Ware's lecture last month, and I would like to remind you that the English Department's 11th annual English Works in Progress series is continuing tomorrow afternoon, Thursday the 25th; I hope many of you can make it.

This time around, in Grote 129 at 3:00 p.m., Dr. Chris Stuart will present his paper:
"Reading Henry James's 'The Altar of the
Dead' as an Altar to James's Dead"
or
"Chris Stuart, James, Death, Same Old, Same Old"

To be more specific, Henry James's 1890's tale, 'The Altar of the Dead' has a chequered critical history. While many have found the story morbid and overwrought, James
himself admired it enough to include it in a volume of his New York Edition, right next to 'The Beast in the Jungle.' In Dr. Stuart's typical fashion, he will suggest reading the story in light of James' biography and in light of
shifting historical trends regarding funerary and mourning rituals. In his reading, the story itself is not morbid but an anatomy of morbidity.
Dr. Stuart is continuing to expand his fascination with James in this paper, and it will be sure to advance his status as a competitive James scholar.
So please join us on October 25th to hear of James, death, and times past just in time for Halloween!

Dr. Stuart teaches courses in American literature (particularly the American novel), and humanities in the University's interdisciplinary honors program. He has been named Outstanding Teacher by The University of Tennessee National Alumni Association and serves on the Editorial Board of the University of Tennessee Press. His scholarship has appeared in such journals as American Literary Realism, Critique, and Literature and Belief. His current research focuses on the works of Henry James.

Again, please feel free to join us for this event. As always, there is no charge.

Truly,
Mike

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Mike Jaynes
Lecturer in English and Wandering Dreamer
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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