TIME: 11:30 - 12:30pm
DATE:  Tuesday, January 15, 2019
TITLE: Political satire in the French Revolution: an illustrated talk.
VENUE:  Harbour Centre room 7000
SPEAKER:  Sheila Delany

ABSTRACT:
The talk will center, for its literary content, on the work of Sylvain Maréchal (1750-1803), a prolific writer in several genres; and for its illustrations on often obscene cartoons and illustrations widely circulated during the revolutionary period. The targets are primarily Catholic officials and royalty, particularly the queen, Marie Antoinette. I have translated two of Maréchal's shorter works: his satirical set of saints' lives, and his novella about a cross-dressing young Parisienne obsessed with a handsome young priest. Both will be available for sale by the SFU Bookstore at the talk.

BIOGRAPHY:
Sheila Delany (Emerita, English) is a distinguished medievalist and Chaucerian. She has won several SSHRC grants for research on medieval and other projects as well as the senior Killam award. A fiction collection was published in 1991 (New Star) and a poetry collection will be published next spring . Her c.v. and extensive publication list can be accessed at her website: "electronic office of Dr. Sheila Delany".