秋天的勇敢ble Begins' Lecture Series Continues October 18

“John Allen, ‘the wickedest man’ and his son Chester” Harper’s Weekly (August 8, 1868)

The public is invited to attend the fall 2023 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series, presented by the 马克·吐温研究中心 and supported by the generous donations of The Mark Twain Foundation. 第二次免费讲座将在晚上7点.m.10月3日. 18 in the Barn at Quarry Farm with a presentation by 罗伯特E. 克雷或 蒙特克莱尔州立大学.

题目是“纽约最邪恶的人”?:’ Mark Twain and the 1868 Water Street Sham Revival,” this lecture looks at Mark Twain’s take on a sensational religious event that centered on John Allen, 舞厅老板. 艾伦没有. 304 Water Street establishment was among the 1868 Water Street businesses in lower Manhattan that were frequented by sailors seeking entertainment, 酒精, 和性. 记者奥利弗·戴尔, 是附近霍华德教会的盟友, 称艾伦是“纽约最邪恶的人”,” sparking prayer meetings in Allen’s newly closed establishment. The Howard Mission evangelicals displayed Allen as a religious trophy. While many journalists had something to say about the reality of this religious transformation, Twain’s comments underscored his ability to burlesque and parody sensationalized events. 据克雷说，吐温没有让人失望.

罗伯特E. Cray is a Professor of 历史 at 蒙特克莱尔州立大学, Upper Montclair, New Jersey. His published works include A Notable Bully: Colonel Billy Wilson, 男子气概, 以及内战时期对暴力的追求, 洛夫威尔的战斗:战争, 死亡, 和新英格兰边境地区的记忆, and Paupers and Poor Relief: New York City and its Rural Environs, 1700-1830. Cray’s article “主要 John Andre and the Three Captors: Class Dynamics and Revolutionary Memory Wars in the Early Republic, 1780-1831,” which appeared in the Journal of the Early Republic, 1997, 获得该杂志最佳文章奖. He is currently working on religious sensationalism in early Gilded Age New York City.

This year’s series includes a special presentation on Thursday, November 30, by Barbara Snedecor. Entitled “Gravity – A Conversation,” Snedecor will have a conversation with Dr. 马特网络, Associate Professor of American Literature and Mark Twain Studies; Director of Media Studies, 通信, and Design; and Resident Scholar at the 马克·吐温研究中心.

Snedecor served for many years as Director of the 马克·吐温研究中心 at 埃尔迈拉大学 and recently edited a volume of selected letters by Mark Twain’s wife, 奥利维亚·路易斯·兰登·克莱门斯.

The remaining lectures in this year’s Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series are listed below. 所有讲座均免费向公众开放. 找到以前讲课的录音 在这里.

• 7:00 p.m.10月3日. 18、在采石场的谷仓: "纽约最邪恶的人?:’ Mark Twain and the 1868 Water Street Sham Revival” by 罗伯特E. 小龙虾的 蒙特克莱尔州立大学

• 7:00 p.m.10月3日. 25、在采石场的谷仓: “Mark Twain and the Civil War Memoir Boom” by Stephen Cushman of the 弗吉尼亚大学

• 7:00 p.m.11月4日. 30, Peterson Chapel in Cowles Hall on the 埃尔迈拉大学 campus: “Gravity — A Conversation” by Barbara Snedecor in conversation with 马特网络, mg冰球突破豪华版下载马克·吐温研究中心

“麻烦开始”系列讲座

In 1984, the mg冰球突破豪华版下载马克·吐温研究中心 initiated a lecture series, “麻烦从八点开始”系列讲座. The title came from the handbill advertising Mark Twain's October 2, 1866 lecture presented at Maguire's Academy of Music in San Francisco. 第一次讲座于1985年举行. 通过邀请, Mark Twain scholars present lectures in the fall and spring of each year, in the Barn at Quarry Farm or at Peterson Chapel in Cowles Hall on 埃尔迈拉大学's campus. 所有讲座均免费向公众开放.