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David Levering Lewis: 2009 <br><em>W.E.B. Du Bois as a Historical Novelist</em>
David Levering Lewis's two-volume biography of W.E.B. Du Bois, each of which won the Pulitzer Prize, is the definitive work on the life and thought of a complex American intellectual. In this lecture from the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar, Lewis examines Du Bois's largely-forgotten work as a writer of historical fiction, whose journey "beyond the borders of social science cerititude" was the result of a "poetic temperament combined with an intellectual's dissatisfaction about the limits of the historically knowable." Lewis discusses Du Bois's early historical novels, <em>The Quest of the Silver Fleece </em> and <em> Dark Princess</em>; as well as the Black Flame Trilogy (<em>The Ordeal of Mansart, Mansart Builds a School, </em>and <em>Worlds of Color</em>), completed when Du Bois was 93 years old. In a brief question and answer session, Lewis comments on the persecution Du Bois suffered from the U.S. government as a Communist, his reputation as a "ladies' man," and his early life and education in Great Barrington, MA.<br />
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David Levering Lewis: 2009 <br><em>W.E.B. Du Bois as a Historical Novelist</em>
David Levering Lewis's two-volume biography of W.E.B. Du Bois, each of which won the Pulitzer Prize, is the definitive work on the life and thought of a complex American intellectual. In this lecture from the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar, Lewis examines Du Bois's largely-forgotten work as a writer of historical fiction, whose journey "beyond the borders of social science cerititude" was the result of a "poetic temperament combined with an intellectual's dissatisfaction about the limits of the historically knowable." Lewis discusses Du Bois's early historical novels, <em>The Quest of the Silver Fleece </em> and <em> Dark Princess</em>; as well as the later Black Flame Trilogy (<em>The Ordeal of Mansart, Mansart Builds a School, </em>and <em>Worlds of Color</em>). In a brief question and answer session, Lewis comments on Du Bois's persecution at the hands of the U.S. government during the 1950s, his reputation as a "ladies' man," and his early life and education in Great Barrington, MA.<br />
KWLS 27 on C-SPAN's Book-TV
Video coverage of the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar has begun to air on cable television channel C-SPAN's Book-TV. Our entire January 10 program will air next <strong>Saturday March 14, 2009, from 10:00 a.m until 3:45 p.m.</strong>; and again (for the nightowls) on <strong>Sunday March 15, from 11:00 p.m. until 4:45 a.m.</strong> The nearly six hours of programming includes Gore Vidal in conversation with Jay Parini, Eric Foner's dazzling lecture "Who Owns History?," and a fascinating conversation between W.E.B. DuBois scholar David Levering Lewis and Michael and Ivy Meeropol, the son and granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Not entirely random quotes from Session 1
Thanks again for the following to board member Nancy Klingener. Photo by Curt Richter. "The line between historical fiction and historical scholarship is not as hard and fast as we might think." –Eric Foner, Columbia history professor "History is...
A Party at the Tennessee Williams House
The 27th annual Key West Literary Seminar is underway. We got things rolling Wednesday night with a small party for Gore Vidal on Duncan Street, at the former home of Tennessee Williams. Here's a few pictures; you can find more...
Writers Recommend
With more than 40 writers scheduled to speak during our Seminar this January, it can be difficult for a reader to know where to start. Sure, there are the classics and prize-winners, like William Kennedy's Ironweed and David Levering...
Announcing David Levering Lewis
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, David Levering Lewis, will join us for the 2009 Seminar: Historical Fiction and The Search for Truth. Lewis is the Julius Silver University Professor at New York University, specializing in 20th-century U.S. social history. He is...
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