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MRS. DALLOWAY AND THE HOURS (H362)

H – Literature

Required text: Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, Norton Critical Edition (ISBN 10-0393655997), and The Hours, by Michael Cunningham (ISBN 10 -9780312243029). Virginia Woolf’s novel, Mrs. Dalloway, is a seminal work, and Michael Cunningham’s novel, The Hours, is a “theme and variations” on Mrs. Dalloway. (“The Hours” was Woolf’s working title for her novel. Cunningham’s novel received the Pulitzer and the PEN/Faulkner prizes in 1999 and was the basis for the 2002 film starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore.) We’ll read and discuss both novels and some essays by and about Woolf, and conclude by watching and discussing the film. (Note: participants are requested to obtain the Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway, as the class will be using secondary materials included in that edition.)

This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Paul Huey-Burns

HUEY-BURNS, PAUL — J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School; B.A., philosophy and humanities, Johns Hopkins; M.A., literary studies, Notre Dame of Maryland University. Recently retired from a career teaching English at an independent secondary school in Potomac, Maryland. Prior to his teaching career, Paul practiced corporate and securities law in Washington, D.C. for almost four decades, both in a senior position in the federal government and as a partner in several global law firms. (H362))

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