Elizabeth attends a séance/ The Book: “Sights and Sounds” by Henry Spicer.
In June 1855, Elizabeth was in England and attended a séance with some friends in Ealing, near London, after hearing about all the gossip of spiritualism. The séance was performed by a medium named Daniel Dunglas Hume. This was also around the time EBB came across a book called Sights and Sounds, written by Henry Spicer. She fell in love with the book and wrote letters mentioning it. This book talks about Henry’s views of and encounters with spiritualism and mediums.
ENG 910: English Capstone Seminar: Week Nine
This week's seminar focused on Clemence Houseman's The Werewolf, an author and illustrator, who was also the sister of Laurence Houseman. Clemence Houseman was an avid supporter of the women's suffrage movement and was known for flouting gender norms; this is further seen in her work, The Werewolf, which depicts a female werewolf. I think this very interesting since the depictions of female werewolves are rare as werewolves symbolize hypermasculinity, monstrosity, and giving in to one's baser needs.
ENG 910: English Capstone Seminar: Week Nine
This week's seminar focused on Clemence Houseman's The Werewolf, an author and illustrator, who was also the sister of Laurence Houseman. Clemence Houseman was an avid supporter of the women's suffrage movement and was known for flouting gender norms; this is further seen in her work, The Werewolf, which depicts a female werewolf. I think this very interesting since the depictions of female werewolves are rare as werewolves symbolize hypermasculinity, monstrosity, and giving in to one's baser needs.
ENG 910: English Capstone Seminar: Week Nine
This week's seminar focused on Clemence Houseman's The Werewolf, an author and illustrator, who was also the sister of Laurence Houseman. Clemence Houseman was an avid supporter of the women's suffrage movement and was known for flouting gender norms; this is further seen in her work, The Werewolf, which depicts a female werewolf. I think this very interesting since the depictions of female werewolves are rare as werewolves symbolize hypermasculinity, monstrosity, and giving in to one's baser needs.
Module 9 blog
This week we discussed Clemence Housman’s wood-cut engraving illustrations of The Were-Wolf. This work initially caught my attention due to its gothic elements which I was interested in exploring especially because it was the only work which included a female were wolf as its main character. During today's presentation, I enjoyed the background information on both Clemence Housman and Laurence Housman's support for women's rights as it definitely shifts the meaning behind a lot of the illustrations.
Dian Million - Tanana Athabascan
"Due to its location at the confluence of the Tanana and Yukon Rivers, Tanana was a traditional trading settlement for Koyukon and Tanana Athabascans long before European contact. In 1880, Harper’s Station, an Alaska Commercial Company trading post, was established 13 miles downriver from the present site. In 1881 Church of England missionaries from Canada built a mission 8 miles downriver." - https://www.tananachiefs.org/about/communities/tanana/
Jennifer Pierce Eyen - Shawnee
"The Shawnee people are a woodland tribe originating in the Ohio valley with ties to the Fort Ancient civilization. After removal the Tribe spent some time in Kansas before ultimately ending up in Indian Territory. Historical figures like Tecumseh and Blue Jacket were Shawnee people, paving the way for our current generation of forward thinking leaders." - https://www.shawnee-tribe.org/