saints, witches, madwomen

I’m taking a super cool course for the pre-session, Saints, Witches, Madwomen. So far the readings are very good. And it’s nice to reread some of the texts I’ve read in other courses or in other contexts.

Brown, Immodest Acts
Buccola, Conjuring
Freud, Dora
Gilman, The Yellow Wall Paper
Kingston, The Woman Warrior
Sharpe, Witchcraft in Early Modern England
Shakespeare, Macbeth
Shaw, Saint Joan
Wilson, Medieval Women Writers

I mention the class here because: 1) the professor Carole Levin is a wonderful teacher; 2) she’s a prolific author: 3) she’s c0-curated the current exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library, “To Sleep Perchance to Dream.” When I visited DC a year or so ago, I did get a chance to explore the library led by a docent. Too cool. But more cool, is the current exhibit has a virtual tour online with audio, images, and texts. You can even hear my teacher explain certain aspects of the exhibit.