The Victorian Sage - Preparation

Presentation and session schedule

Session One: Friday 18 February: 11:00-13:00
Session Two: Friday 25 February 11:00-13:00
Session Three: Monday 28 February 14:00-16:00
Session Four: Thursday 3 March 16:00-18:00

Session One: An Introduction to the Victorian Sage

Thomas Carlyle – Background and Information

Reading after Session One:

Thomas Carlyle – Essay on History, Essay on History Again, The Latterday Pamphlets

Session Two: Discussion of the Writings of Carlyle
(using the questions provided in the reader)

George Eliot – Background and Information

Reading after Session Two:

George Eliot – Essay on Evangelical Teaching, Chapter One of Adam Bede

Session Three: Discussion of the Writings of Eliot
(using the questions provided in the reader)

John Henry Newman – Background and Information

Reading after Session Three:

John Henry Newman – Essay on Literature from An Idea of a University and
Selections from An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent

Session Four: Discussion of the Writings of John Henry Newman
(using the questions provided in the reader

Summary Remarks and Prospectus for the Symposium