2016 Annual Conference • Novels and Book History • panel

Chronicles of Change

The papers in this session explore the ways in which novels since the 19th century have reflected the trials of people who must live in societies undergoing seismic change.

Presentations

Hybridity and Third Space on the Train in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables

Presenters

Martina Domnick

The String of Pearls before Swine: Cannibalism, Crime, and Class; or, The Demon Barber as Highbrow Bogeyman

Presenters

Leah Richards

Nick Hornby’s Use of Music in Juliet, Naked

Presenters

Steve Hicks

Pop Culture, Patriarchy, Feminism and The Color Purple

Presenters

Chereka Dickerson

Session chairs

Anna Brecke