 NYR Seminars Presents “Drama Queens” with Daniel Mendelsohn Daniel Mendelsohn, Editor-at-Large of The New York Review of Books, returns this fall with four seminars on great literary heroines, beginning with Homer’s Odyssey. The figure of the tragic heroine—suffering, abject, grandiose, vengeful, self-sacrificing, murderous, noble, seductive—has gripped the Western imagination for nearly thirty centuries, from the Homeric epics to twentieth-century cinema and theater. Our cultural obsession with these characters raises a compelling question: Why have male authors focused so consistently on the representation of suffering females—often for the benefit of male audiences? In this four-part NYRSeminar, Daniel Mendelsohn will take participants through a series of close readings of major works that established and then developed our female literary archetypes—from Homer’s Odyssey to dramas by the great Greek tragedians, and from the nineteenth-century novel and opera to four major works of twentieth-century theater—as we explore the aesthetic nature and age-old roots of this cultural preoccupation. Seminars, to be conducted online, will meet weekly. We are offering memberships at two levels: Full Members will have the opportunity to discuss the work with the seminar leaders during the live sessions, while Auditors will be able to listen in on the discussion. Both membership levels will have access to our online Canvas platform, which features supplemental materials and discussion boards, as well as recordings of all sessions. Register for all seminars in this seriesEach seminar requires separate registration Homer’s OdysseyReading Daniel Mendelsohn’s new translation Greek TragedyAgamemnon, Electra, Hecuba, and Trojan Women Madame Bovary and Italian OperaMadame Bovary, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Traviata, and Madame Butterfly Twentieth-Century TheaterEugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee Also Available: “The Political Novel” with Edwin Frank We live in a political world, per Bob Dylan, and the song suggests that is not such a good thing. The modern novel grew up alongside the modern political world, and has kept a fascinated and incredulous eye on it for the last few centuries. In this seminar, Edwin Frank, editor of the NYRB Classics series, will look at four novelists—Anthony Trollope, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, and Ursula K. Le Guin—and their different visions of politics. Register for additional seminars in this series:Joseph ConradHeart of Darkness, The Secret Agent, and Nostromo H.G. Wells and Ursula K. Le GuinThe Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Dispossessed  You are receiving this message because you signed up |
domingo, 7 de septiembre de 2025
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