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Virtual Event: Whale of a Tale

Name: Virtual Event: Whale of a Tale
Start: 2021-08-02T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-08-02T19:00:00-04:00

August 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

We’re finishing Summer Reading with one whale of a tale! Join literary historian Rob Velella as he dives into the world of sea adventures on Monday, August 2, @ 6 p.m. In this virtual program, he’ll explore why sea stories like Moby Dick were so popular among 19th-century readers, then show how authors like Herman Melville and even Edgar Allan Poe rode that tide by using nautical themes in their work. Register in advance here: https://forms.gle/my3tYSQiFUAAz2SU9

Details

Date:: August 2, 2021
Time:: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Event Category:: Adults
Event Tags:: Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, historian, history, maritime, nautical, Rob Velella, romanticism, summer reading, travelogue, virtual