Mary Favret: Silent Reading and the Invention of Intimacy

Name: Mary Favret: Silent Reading and the Invention of Intimacy
Start: 2025-10-09T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Hollins University

Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University

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Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

Hollins University

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Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm (EDT)

Hollins University

7916 Williamson Rd, Roanoke, VA 24020-2003, United States

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Mary Favret: Silent Reading and the Invention of Intimacy

Readers today may think of reading as a solitary, silent experience, but silent reading was a rather late development in the history of reading. In this lecture, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Mary Favret will analyze the impact of silent reading on early nineteenth century authors--where they questioned it, where they magnified it.

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Mary Favret: Silent Reading and the Invention of Intimacy

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm