Dr. Jane Wessel
@jane_d_wessel
Associate Professor of English | Author: Owning Performance | C18 Literature, Theatre History, Celebrity & Intellectual Property | Views My Own
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This ASECS, our Caucus will produce a staged reading of Catherine Clive's THE REHEARSAL on Wed., March 8th as a fundraiser for our Grad Student Essay prize! ASECS Office ASECS Women's Caucus If you'd like to help, use this form to volunteer BY FRIDAY, 2/17: tinyurl.com/3d22whh3
I had a great time talking with the @Theatronomics team at #ASECS23 and chatting with other members of the LewisWalpoleLibrary community. Can't wait to head up to Farmington this summer for some time in the archives!
What a great first day at Rare Book School! I have so many ideas already about how to incorporate more book history into my classes. Really glad to be part of this year's cohort of M.C. Lang Fellows.
At PUL Special Collections this week and next. Very grateful for their support to research 18th-century theatre fans and their (extra-illustrated) books!
Came across this image of a Midshipman from 1840ish while looking for something else entirely at the LewisWalpoleLibrary. For anyone wondering what it's like teaching at the Naval Academy: this is an exact reproduction of my students. collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/109719…
I got to work with some really cool extra-illustrated books at the LewisWalpoleLibrary this summer for a new project. Sneak peak here!
My second book was published this week! It's called What Would Garrick Do? Or, Acting Lessons from the Eighteenth Century (Methuen Drama/Bloomsbury Books UK) bloomsbury.com/uk/what-would-… I'd like to tell you a little bit about it... 🧵1/7 #18thc #theatre #acting '#wwgd'
I just published an article on copyright history in ELH Journal. In it, I explore how copyright came to be thought of as a form of property and why one of the 18th century's most prolific playwrights opposed this. muse.jhu.edu/issue/52201 Check it out!