A discussion of selected popular, historical literature.
OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents Popular Literature of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries with Barry Ivker, retired professor of comparative literature. Oct 9: Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, Journal of the Plague Year, and Moll Flanders. Oct 16: Fanny Hill, the erotic novel! Oct 23: Frankenstein, the literature of horror. Oct 30: Tarzan, the literature of adventure and the exotic, and Jules Verne’s Cyrano de Bergerac, early science fiction.
Free. If you decide to join OLLI there is a small annual membership and minimal semester fee.
Phone: 205-348-6482
2018/10/09 - 2018/10/30
Vestavia Hills Civic Center & Wald Park
1975 Merryvale Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216