Science and Literature Reading Group
Easter Term 2012: Collectors and Collecting
We meet on Mondays from 7.30 to 9pm in Clare College. Please note that our first meeting is in a different room from usual.
Copies of the harder-to-obtain items will be placed in our box file in the Whipple Library.
Organised by Daniel Friesner (Science Museum), Esther Momcilovic (HPS) and Liz Smith (Darwin Correspondence Project). For more information, or to join our email list, please contact daniel_friesner [at] yahoo. co . uk or els47 [at] cam. ac. uk. All welcome!
30 April in the Thirkill Room: Close to home
- Coultas, Harland (1858). Wild flowers and their teachings. Lady's Home Magazine 11, pp. 245–7.
- Budgen, L.M. (1850). The caged lady-birds. A fragment. Episodes of Insect Life. 2d ser., pp. 10–21.
- Gaskell, Elizabeth (1848). Mary Barton. London: Chapman and Hall. Volume 1, chapter 5 (pp. 55–84).
14 May in the Godwin Room: Collecting and drama
- Conrad, Joseph (1900). Lord Jim. Edinburgh: Blackwood. Chapter 20 (pp. 189–203).
- Wells, H.G. (1894). Aepyornis Island. In The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories. Fairfield, IA: 1st World Library 2006, pp. 67–80. Also available at Classic Reader.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan (1902). Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes. Chapter 7.
28 May in the Godwin Room: The romance of collecting
- Byatt, A.S. (1990). Possession. London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. Pages TBA.
- Davies, Martin (2005). The conjuror's bird. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Chapters 1–6 (pp. 1–54). Or the whole thing if you're keen!
11 June in the Godwin Room: Modern perspectives
- Rieber, John Ney (1995). Books of Magic: Bindings. New York, NY: DC Comics.
- Bantock, Nick (1999). The Museum at Purgatory. New York, NY: Harper Collins.