Isabelle de Charrière
19 et 20 avril 2002
Yale University
Isabelle de Charrière
An international symposium at Yale University April 1920, 2001
Sponsored by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Friday, April 19
2:30 5:00
Moderator: Georges May, Yale University
Cecil Courtney
Cambridge University
"Discovering Belle de Zuylen/Isabelle de Charrière"
Yvette Went-Daoust
University of Leiden
"Étude de l'évolution de l'espace dans les romans d'Isabelle de Charrière"
Guillemette Samson
C.N.R.S., Paris
Le théâtre d'Isabelle de Charrière
5:15 6:15 (Beinecke mezzanine)
Isabelle de Charrière and her contemporary women opera composers: presentation by Robert Adelson (Towson University) and Jacqueline Letzter (University of Maryland), with Ann Monoyios, soprano, and Andrew Appel, fortepiano.
A reception will follow in the Beinecke Library
Saturday, April 20
10:00 12:30
Moderator: Cecil Courtney, Cambridge University
Joan Stewart
University of South Carolina
Isabelle de Charrière and Benjamin Constant
Isabelle Vissière
Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille I)
La correspondance d'Isabelle de Charrière et de Benjamin Constant: un "théâtre de société"
Monique Moser-Verrey
Université Laval
"Enjeux esthétiques de la collaboration d'Isabelle de Charrière avec L.F. Huber"
12:30
Buffet luncheon in the Beinecke Library
2:30 5:00
Moderator: Catherine Labio, Yale University
Gordon Turnbull
Yale University
Isabelle de Charrière and Boswell
Valérie Cossy
Université de Fribourg (Suisse)
Isabelle de Charrière et les Jacobins anglais
Janet Whatley
University of Vermont
Reading the life of Isabelle de Charrière
The languages of the conference will be English and French.
All conference sessions will take place in the Beinecke Library, room 3839.
If you wish to attend the conference, please register with Anne Letterman at 203-432-2969 or via email at anne.letterman@yale.edu (registrations will be accepted, within the limit of available places, through April 11.
An exhibition of books and manuscripts by Isabelle de Charrière will be on view at the Beinecke Library from March 4 through April 3.
Conference coordinators: Vincent Giroud, Claude Rawson, Janet Whatley