February 22, 2009
Talkin in Calcutta on the Elgin Marbles
Coverage of a talk given in Calcutta on the impact of the Parthenon Sculptures on romantic literature.
From:
The Telegraph (Calcutta, India)
Sunday , February 22 , 2009
Romantic men
City LightsThe 16th annual seminar of the Centre for Studies in Romantic Literature on February 5 started on an amusing note.
At the end of the inaugural lecture by Professor Richard Cronin of the University of Glasgow, chairperson Bharati Roy, former pro-vice chancellor of Calcutta University, looked perplexed. “Where is the masculinity in the paper?” she asked, glancing pointedly at the printed programme which announced “Literature and Masculinity after Waterloo” as the subject.
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