[Libri] talk of interest to book people at SC

[slCCS at hampshire.edu]

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007, 5:00pm, Graham Hall:

Dr. Michael Hatt (Head of Research, Yale Center for British
Art),
specialist in the study of Victorian art, culture and
sexuality, will
deliver a lecture at Smith entitled

THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL: READING, VISION AND THE HOMOSEXUAL
IMAGINATION IN
THE LATE-NINETEENTH CENTURY

The talk will cover the reading and publishing practices--as
they
relate to consumption and desire--by such prominent
Victorian figures as
the photographer Fred Holland Day, the artist and designer
Charles
Ricketts, as well as the writers John Addington Symonds and
Benjamin
Jowett.

The poster for the talk is attached.
Open and free to the public. Sponsored by the Department of
Art and the
Lecture Committee.

Please announce widely to all who may be interested.