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Faculty Works-in-Progress with Sarah Beckwith

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Friday, February 26, 2021
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Sara Beckwith
Faculty Works Discussion

Please join us tomorrow, Friday, February 26, 2021, at 1:15 p.m. for the February installment of the Spring 2021 English Department Faculty Works-in-Progress Series. Professor Sarah Beckwith, Katherine Everett Gilbert Distinguished Professor of English, will lead a Zoom session about a paper she wrote entitled "Tragic Implication."

"This paper was written in the wake of Stanley Cavell's death and as a way of continuing his work. The paper concerns an early, classic essay of his entitled 'Must We Mean What We Say?' I go on to relate the tragic implication of the vision of language he articulates there. I show how the irreversibility, unpredictability, and boundlessness of speech, as of other action, emerges in Shakespeare's late tragedies, especially King Lear." - Sarah Beckwith

To receive a copy of Professor Beckwith's paper and a link to the session, please sign up. Registration is required; however, we encourage anyone interested in the work of English faculty members to participate. Professor Beckwith will provide some opening comments at the session, followed by Q&A and open discussion.

Contact: Quantá Holden