Thursday, October 28, 3-4 pm, Thompson Library (Rm 202)
Mark Boarman and Wes Boomgaarden, both from University Libraries, will present Halloween theme readings. Mark will read Franz Schubert’s Erlkönig. The Erlkönig, besides being a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is depicted in German poems and ballads as a malevolent creature that haunts forests and carries off travelers to their deaths.
Wes’ presentation will feature, but briefly, the overly complex and
overwrought prose of Edward Bulwer Lytton - the originator of the
opening line "It was a dark and stormy night..." This Victorian man of
letters was once nearly as popular as Dickens, but now is widely
parodied by many, and especially by the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction
Contest http://www.bulwer-lytton.com. Readings from Contest entries
-"Where 'WWW' means 'Wretched Writers Welcome'" - will be the main
event.
