Nigel Smith, x2

Postgraduate seminar

School of English, Trinity College Dublin

“Andrew Marvell's sense of humour: Wit, evil, and why we should read him”

Professor Nigel Smith (Princeton)

1-2pm, Friday 21 January 2011, Seminar Room, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin

Professor Smith is the editor of the Longman Marvell edition and the author of Perfection Proclaimed: Language and Literature in English Radical Religion, 1640-1660 (1989), Literature & Revolution in England, 1640-1660 (1994) and Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon (Yale UP, 2010).

All postgraduates are welcome. Please contact crawford.gribben@tcd.ie for further details.

H.O. White lecture

School of English and Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin

“Words vs. Music from Plato to Bono”

Professor Nigel Smith (Princeton)

4-5:30pm, Friday 21 January 2011, Neill Hoey Lecture Theatre, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin

Professor Smith plays bass guitar in Rackett and is the author, most recently, of Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon (Yale UP, 2010).

The lecture will be followed by a reception and the School of English book launch in the Ideas Space, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin.

All are welcome. Please contact crawford.gribben@tcd.ie for further details.