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Wilkes University English Department Presents:\nThe Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series featuring David Wyatt
Wilkes University English Department Presents:
\nThe Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series featuring David Wyatt
WHEN:
\nThursday\, Feb. 21 | 7 p.m.
WHERE:
\nKirby Salon
\n202 South River Street
\nWilkes-Barre\, PA18766 (Directions)
David Wyatt teaches at the University of Maryland where he has been a faculty member for over 20 years. Wyatt&rsquo\;s critical contributions to the field of 19th and 20th Century American Literature is extensive and continues to grow. Wyatt&rsquo\;s latest book\, Secret Histories: Reading Twentieth Century American Literature (2010)\, uncovers real histories hidden within the pages of American literature. When asked about Secret Histories\, Wyatt explains\, "\;At the age of twenty-six\, I was hired by the University of Virginia to teach a course called 'Twentieth-Century American Literature\,' and I have done so almost every year since. When the century turned\, I decided to write a book about that experience. This became my second education\, as I had to sit down and finally read the books I was supposed to have known. The result is Secret Histories\, my love letter to our indispensable past."\; Wyatt&rsquo\;s book both works to trace the multifaceted American past and models empathetic reading as his act of historical co-creation.
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