Modern Literature & Culture Research Centre & Gallery

June 2005

The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery

The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery

Photos from The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery book launch, Oakham House, Thomas Lounge, June 8 2005

May 2005

Dada Live Book Launch and Performance

Dada Live Book Launch and Performance

Photos from Dada Live Book Launch and Performance

April 2005

Mein Mund ist luestern

Mein Mund ist luestern

Mein Mund ist lüstern / I Got Lusting Palate: Dada Verse von Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

March 2005

 Dada Baroness, Book Launch & Exhibition, Berlin, 2005

Dada Baroness, Book Launch & Exhibition, Berlin, 2005

Photos from Dada Baroness, Book Launch & Exhibition, Berlin, 2005

The Intimate Life

The Intimate Life

Edited by Irene Gammel

February 2005

 Kunsthaus Dreseden, Dada Baroness Exhibit, Dresden, 2005

Kunsthaus Dreseden, Dada Baroness Exhibit, Dresden, ...

Photos from the Kunsthaus Dreseden, Dada Baroness Exhibit, Dresden, 2005

The Great War in Literature and Visual Culture

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The Great War in Literature and Visual Culture

Amid the unprecedented social change of World War I, women renegotiated their identities by dramatically changing the way they engaged with the arts. But how did they do so? And how did everyday citizens engage with the war?

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, considered by many to be the mother of Dada, was a daringly innovative poet and an early creator of junk sculpture. “The Baroness” was best known for her sexually charged, often controversial performances.

Modernism in the World

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Modernism in the World

Recent research has departed from the Euro-centric and national view of Modernism to include approaches and methods studying Modernism across national boundaries and across different art forms to include fashion, dance, performance, technology, and visual culture.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery is perhaps Canada's most important literary export. She was prolific writer of over 500 short stories and poems, and twenty novels, including the beloved Anne of Green Gables.

Canadian Modernism

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Canadian Modernism

The works of numerous Canadian authors who lived during the modernist era may well constitute the most central and experimental articulation of Canadian modernism in prose, allowing authors to stage cross-cultural, controversial, and even conflicted identities.

Modernist Biography and Life Writing

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Modernist Biography and Life Writing

Life writing, including autobiographical accounts, diaries, letters and testimonials written or told by women and men whose political, literary or philosophical purposes are central to their lives, has become a standard tool for communication and the dissemination of information.