| HO3091 "NOVEMBER 2003 NOTES AND QUERIES" 10/31/03 HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE | ||||||
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 21:20:14 -0500 From: Bill Morgan <wwmorgan@mail.ilstu.edu> Subject: Re: Hardy Country Screen Saver
Thanks to Bob for this tip and just a word of praise for Mr. Seitz's screensaver, which I've now downloaded and am using on my computer here at home. It's very attractive and functions flawlessly. The seven classically lovely photos are, in order: The Birthplace (natch!) Stinsford Church The Frome between Stinsford and Lower Bockhampton The Bridge at Lower Bockhampton (looking towards the village) Gold Hill, Shaftesbury High West Street, Dorchester (looking eastward and showing, e.g., the Corn Exchange) The main entryway display of the Hardy area upstairs at the DCM, featuring a cutout of a 45-year old TH against the background of the first page of the ms. of The Mayor of Casterbridge. I recommend it. It keeps me thinking of Dorset in summer, even as the inevitable cold is creeping into the midwest weather here in Normal. best, Bill Morgan At 10:58 AM 10/24/2003 -0400, you wrote: >I've just added a note to page A 123 of the TTHA's "Information About Hardy >on the World Wide Web" > > http://www.fredonia.edu/hardysoc/linksone/photographic.htm > >which I thought might be of interest to Forum members. Robert Seitz's >"Thomas Hardy Country: A Photographic Tour" has always provided >excellent pictures, but, now, he has added to it a free download of a >"Hardy Country Screen Saver" which offers a variety of scenes from >among the photographs presented on his site. The URL is > > http://members.aol.com/thardy1001/ > >Bob Schweik > >Robert Schweik >Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emeritus >Department of English >State University College >Fredonia, NY 14063 >USA >schweik@fredonia.edu >schweikr@localnet.com |
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 13:39:12 -0500 From: Robert Schweik <schweikr@localnet.com> Subject: Professor Zhang Gu-ruo In the most recent "News Update" section of TTHA's web page is an announcement of a symposium marking the 100th birthday of Professor Zhang Gu-ruo, who translated some of Hardy's best-known novels into Chinese. It is a celebration worth noting. From what I have been able to learn of Professor Zhang Gu-ruo's accomplishment as a translator, his work has remained a model now subject to extensive analysis for the remarkable scholarly achievement he made. One of the comments on the announcement particularly caught my attention: "Academic studies have analysed his principles with various modern and post-modern translation-theories and made comparative studies of his translations, mainly of Hardy's novels, with other translators' versions and so raised the academic level of the discussions." "And so raised the academic level of the discussions." What better tribute could a scholar ask? Professor Ling Zhang, one of the TTHA Vice Presidents, has provided a report on that Symposium now available at http://www.yale.edu/hardysoc/Welcome/ttha.htm My concern here is simply to join her in celebrating a career devoted to raising the level of academic discourse in China on Hardy. Bob Schweik Robert Schweik University Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus Department of English State University of New York Fredonia, NY 14063 USA schweik@fredonia.edu schweikr@localnet.com |
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From: "Helen Gibson" <helen.gibson@ukgateway.net> Subject: Thomas Hardy Society website news! Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:04:41 -0000 Dear Forum Readers, Please visit the Hardy Society website at www.hardysociety.org, which has been updated by Angela Bell, the Society s Publicity Officer. Here you will find the latest news about the Conference 2004 - details of the lecture programme and of other activities planned for the week of Saturday 31 July-Saturday 7August. Bookings are coming in at a steady rate, so don t delay. We look forward to seeing many of you in Dorchester. You may also be interested to see Jean Smith s report on the TTHA/THS Cambridge 2003 conference, and some photos of our time at Magdalene College. This is on the News and Projects page, together with a report about the Thomas Hardy memorial window at St Juliot, engraved by Simon Whistler. Kind regards, Helen Gibson |
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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:23:54 -0500 From: Robert Schweik <schweikr@localnet.com> Members of TTHA who consult the Association's "Checklist of Recent Hardy Publications" will have known for a long time of a forthcoming book by Simon Gatrell titled Hardy's Vision of Wessex (TTHA members can consult the 2003 Checklist for a complete table of contents and full bibliographic citation). Now, to accompany the recent publication of that book, Gatrell has also electronically published a supplement to it titled "A Thomas Hardy Archive" that also includes much other related material. For anyone interested in the development of Hardy's imaginary "Wessex," this site has much to offer. For access to it, point your browser to TTHA's "Information About Hardy on the World Wide Web" page at <http://www.fredonia.edu/hardysoc/linksone/gatrell.htm>http://www.fredonia.edu/h ardysoc/linksone/gatrell.htm Bob Schweik Robert Schweik University Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus Department of English State University of New York Fredonia, NY 14063 USA schweik@fredonia.edu schweikr@localnet.com |
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Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 13:37:19 -0500 From: Robert Schweik <schweikr@localnet.com> For those who have not yet seen the MLA program, just a note on the forthcoming 2003 Convention in San Diego, 27-30 December. On Saturday, 27 December, 7:00-8:15 pm, there will be a special session 120, titled "Hardy's Epistemologies" whose session leader is Anna A. Henchman. There will be three papers: (1) "Epistemological Economies in The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Deanna K. Kreisel, Mississippi State University. (2) "'The Self Unseeing': Hardy, Photography, the Local," by Tina Kelleher, Johns Hopkins University. (3) "Red Apples and Bright Stars: Astronomy and Narrative Standpoints in 'The Dynasts'" by Anna A. Henchman. Bob Schweik Robert Schweik University Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus Department of English State University of New York Fredonia, NY 14063 USA schweik@fredonia.edu schweikr@localnet.com |
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:55:09 -0800 From: Betty Cortus <hardycor@owl.csusm.edu> Dear All, It is gratifying to see that among the interesting articles in the October 2003 _Thomas Hardy Journal_, several were written by Forum members. Patrick Roper's carefully researched paper, "The Hardys and their Wimborne House 'Lanherne'" is a further development of a topic he first broached on the Forum. Jeanie Smith's excellent report on the Cambridge Conference describes an event which we trust will be just the first of many successful future collaborations between The Thomas Hardy Association, and the Thomas Hardy Society. Joanna Mink's letter gives a lively account of an innovative premiere adaptation of _Far From the Madding Crowd_ staged in Chicago earlier this year. Then, of course, let us never forget to recognize the fine work of the Journal Editor, our own TTHA Director, Martin Ray. Thanks to all for their stimulating contributions. Best Wishes, Betty |