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The next in the series of free community lectures organised by the Department of Adult Continuing Education (DACE) at Swansea University takes place later this month.
Speaker: Professor Stevie Davies
Lecture title: Emily Bronte and the Mother World
Date: Thursday 15 March
Time: 3.45 pm-5.30 pm
Venue: The Discovery Room, Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea
Admission: Admission is free, but seating is limited so please book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Lecture summary: In an age of amateur biologists and zoologist, Emily Bronte came to her own defiant conclusions about the relations between humanity and creaturely life. Stevie Davies, author of four critical and biographical books on Bronte will consider Wuthering Heights and her poetry in the light of her heretical observations and Darwin’s jottings in early notebooks.
Contact: For further information please call 01792 602211 or email: adult.education@swansea.ac.uk or visit www.swansea.ac.uk/dace
This news item has been posted by Delyth Purchase, Swansea University Public Relations Office, Tel: 01792 295050, or email: d.purchase@swansea.ac.uk
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