Communication from March 15th, 2025
Greetings Marvellians,
I write as we approach our meeting in Boston at the combined RSA/SAA Conference to remind everyone of our slate of events for next weekend. We are excited about the range of papers and panels that we are
offering and anticipate a lively conversation through the conferences’ three days. I have included the list of panels and papers with meeting times at the bottom of this email.
In addition, we will be gathering for a happy hour on Friday at 6:15pm at Dillon’s (955 Boylston St., Boston, MA, 02155) after the afternoon panels. This is a chance for us to socialize in a more casual setting and continue the conversations already started at the conference. We hope everyone in Boston can attend. A reminder that we will be holding our official Annual Meeting online and after RSA sometime in early April.
Here are the panels:
Thursday, March 20th
11AM-12:30PM
Andrew Marvell: The Labor of Poetry and the Poetry of Labor
“Marvell’s Sententiae,” Kartika Puri, Yale University
“Botanical ‘Rarities’: The Colonial Poetics of Marvell’s ‘The Mower Against Gardens’,” Gina Filo, Southeastern Louisiana University
“Marvell’s Mowers: Pastoral Without History,” Patrick Delehanty, UC-Berkeley
Friday, March 21st
9AM-10:30AM
Local and Global Networks in Andrew Marvell’s Poetry
“‘The Geometric Year’” Compassing Marvell’s Metaphors,” Lottie May Page, Princeton University
“Marvell, Pepys, and the Arts of Intelligence,” Matthew Augustine, University of St. Andrews
2:30PM-4:00PM
Marvell and Childhood
“Marvell’s ‘Nymph Complaining’ and Sexual Violence, Ann Huse, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
“How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Managing Children, Managing Time in ‘Appleton House’,” Margaret Summerfield, Boston College
“‘Women Must Not Teach Here’: Formation, Regression, and the Mother’s Tongue in Marvell,” Maral Attah-Zadeh, Trinity College, Cambridge
Saturday, March 22nd
4:30PM-6:00PM
Marvell and Theatricality
“Gender and the Performative in Andrew Marvell’s ‘The Third Advice to a Painter’,” William Fitzhenry, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
“Marvell and the Masque,” Blaine Greteman, University of Tulsa
“Theatrical Marvell: Personation, Depersonalization, and Textuality,” Brendan Prawdzik, Pennsylvania State University
I look forward to seeing all in attendance in Boston next week!
Chris