Virginia Woolf: Her Life and Work
Midwinter Lectures: January 2017
TO: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) members, alumni, and friends.
PRESENTER: Deborah Lee Luskin has been teaching literature-based humanities programs throughout Vermont for over thirty years and holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University. Deborah is also the author of the award-winning novel Into the Wilderness, in addition to being a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio and a popular blogger about Living in Place at www.deborahleeluskin.com.
SUBJECT: Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is a British literary luminary whose life began in the Victorian era and ended in the modern one. She was a member of the famed Bloomsbury Circle, a group of intellectuals, writers, and artists breaking old restraints and creating a new syntax in literature and painting. Woolf was a journalist, essayist, and novelist. Her work was groundbreaking in its day and remains remarkably contemporary more than seventy-five years after her death.
The program will consist of three sessions, each based on particular works of Virginia Woolf, as follows:
Session 1: The Early Years: “Modern Fiction,” “Kew Gardens,” “Jacob’s Room.”
Session 2: The Novels: Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, The Waves, The Years.
Session 3: Biography and Nonfiction: Orlando: a Biography, A Room of One’s Own, The Common Reader, The Common Reader (Second Series).
WHEN: Three Mondays: January 23, January 30,and February 6, 2017. (Snow date: February 13.)Please note afternoon sessions this winter:1:00-3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Vermont Learning Collaborative, 471 Vermont Route 5, Dummerston. Handicapped accessible.
COST: $6 per lecture, includes light refreshments.
QUESTIONS: Please call Julie Lavorgna 365-7278, or by e-mail: julielavorgna@gmail.com.