LET’S TALK SHIRLEY JACKSON: “A RATHER HAUNTED LIFE”

ShirleyCon
Start date:
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When
12:30
Where
Fabra i Coats. Room 2 (ground floor)

Continuing the talk by expert Bernice M. Murphy, this roundtable discussion will offer the final fireworks of ShirleyCon II. Building on Murphy’s ideas, Ruth Franklin’s biography and some of Jackson’s articles and published letters, we’ll explore how the author’s life was indirectly part of her work, with examples such as her university experience and the theme of infidelities (in Hangsaman), her penchant for the esoteric, her relationship with her mother, children and neighbours plus others. In addition to Murphy herself and event organiser and moderator Gemma Solsona, the conversation will include translator and author Javier Calvo, who invented the name ShirleyCon in one of his stories, and Jackson scholar Astrid Lozano, who’s analysed her relationship with folk horror, myths and fairy tales.

 

Guests:

Bernice M. Murphy

Astrid Lozano

Javier Calvo

 

Moderator:

Gemma Solsona

 

*Simultaneous interpreting into Catalan available

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Bernice M. Murphy
Gemma Solsona
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Participants
Bernice M. Murphy
Astrid Lozano Villó
Javier Calvo
Moderator
Gemma Solsona