| Event Name: | The Arts of Illness |
| Description: | Consciousness of our own mortality is at the heart of the human experience, and has long fascinated writers and artists, inspiring quite an obsession with the body and its well-being. This panel will examine the relationship between creativity, illness and the imagination.
Dr Jane Darcy has recently completed a PhD on melancholy in biographical writing in the 18th and 19th centuries. She is a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow, working on theories of literary biography in the nineteenth century. |
| Type of Event: | Literary Events - Book Launch - Readings |
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| Event Location: | Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building |
| Event City: | London |
| Type of Venue: | College - School |
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| Event Start Date | 13-Feb-10 |