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Tuesday, 29 December

414. Romantic Conversations

10:15–11:30 a.m., 305–306, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the Thoreau Society

Presiding: Susan Belasco, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln

1. “‘Dear Cicero, Waldo, and Friends!’: Conversations in Mary Moody Emerson’s Almanacks,” Noelle A. Baker, Neenah, WI; Sandy Harbert Petrulionis, Penn State Univ., Altoona

2. “The Transatlantic Conversations of Louisa May Alcott,” Laura Dassow Walls, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia

3. “Transatlantic Manuscript Culture,” Michelle Nancy Levy, Simon Fraser Univ.

Respondent: Susan Belasco

Author	Comment
Nicholas Birns The New Sch, Eugene Lang C 08 Jan 2010, 7:28 pm	Subject: Very interesting! I went to this panel as I am directing a senior work on Alcott and wanted some orientation, which Walls's talk splendidly gave, but the two talks on letters and manuscript culture were also excellent--and I was intrigued by WIlliam Ellery Channing's letters being lost in an auto fire! The respondent was succinct and occasioned many stimulating questions, A valuable and productive session!

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