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Oscar Wilde
and His Times:
A Centenary Celebration
An
inter-disciplinary 1890s program commemorating the one-hundred
year anniversary
of the death of Oscar Wilde
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
All events are free and open to the
public.
 |
Merlin Holland
author of The Wilde Album, co-editor of The
Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, and grandson of
Oscar Wilde, presents a special lecture:
"Confounding the Critics, Surviving the Scandal: The
Remarkable Reputation of Oscar Wilde." Monday, February 5, 2001, 7:30 p.m. Great Hall, Memorial Union, UW-Madison |
| Book Exhibit | Flights of Fancy: The Decorated Books of Oscar Wilde and His Circle from the James G. Nelson Collection November 20, 2000 - February 15, 2001 Special Collections, Memorial Library, UW-Madison |
| Film Festival | 2 evenings: Friday, February 2nd & Saturday, Feb. 3rd 1 afternoon: Sunday, February 4th Sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature UW-Madison |
| Theatre Reading | Oscar Wilde's fairy tale: The Birthday of the Infanta Presented by the Marquette University Players, Department of Performing Arts Saturday, February 3rd, 11 a.m. Elvehjem Museum of Art, UW-Madison |
| 1890s Symposium | Art and the
Individual: Decadence and Democracy in the Modern Age
° Margaret Diane Stetz, Professor, Georgetown University: "Oscar Wilde and Women"; ° Susan Brantly, Professor, Scandinavian Studies, UW-Madison: "The Wildes of Scandinavia: A Survey of Nordic Decadence"; and ° Linda Zatlin, Professor, Morehouse University: "Aubrey Beardsley and the Origins of Art Nouveau" Saturday, February 3rd. 1-4 p.m. Elvehjem Museum of Art, UW-Madison |
| Gallery Talk | Mark
Samuels Lasner, "The Pursuit of the Rare: Three
Early Beardsley Collectors" Also featuring remarks from James G. Nelson and Phil Cohen. Sunday, February 4th, 2 p.m. Special Collections, Memorial Library, UW-Madison |
For more information, contact: montyreeves@hotmail.com
Oscar Wilde
and His Times: A Centenary Celebration
University of
Wisconsin-Madison
is funded by grants from The
Anonymous Fund, Department of English, University of
Wisconsin-Madison and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
It's all simply too too!