Edith Wharton as Playwright, a panel
Playwriting remained a life-long fascination and an influential, though critically long-neglected genre in Wharton’s career. The evidence suggests that at the turn of the century especially Wharton was as much – if not more – interested in seeking success as a playwright than as a novelist. Recently, in 2017, two scholars, Laura Rattray and Mary Chinery discovered a previously unknown, original, full length play by Edith Wharton called The Shadow of a Doubt. They will be joined by DPhil student Daniel Ibrahim Abdalla for a discussion of Wharton’s neglected writing in this genre.
Email the organisers to register: daniel.abdalla@wadham.ox.ac.uk and zachary.seager@pmb.ox.ac.uk
Date:
28 May 2020, 16:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2020)
Venue:
Zoom, Rothermere American Institute
Speakers:
Dr Laura Rattray (University of Glasgow),
Mary Chinery (Georgian Court University),
Daniel Abdalla
Organising department:
Rothermere American Institute
Organisers:
Zachary Seager,
Daniel Abdalla
Organiser contact email address:
daniel.abdalla@wadham.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
American Literature Research Seminar
Booking required?:
Required
Booking email:
daniel.abdalla@wadham.ox.ac.uk
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Sadie Slater
