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Lecture held in Great Authors series

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Lecture held in Great Authors series

The second installment of an NICLIT great authors lecture was bouncing off the Todd Lecture Hall walls Thursday night, April 23. Audrey Cameron gave a presentation on Virginia Woolf and Shakespeare’s imaginary sister, Judith, that Woolf created. Cameron became a fan of Woolf’s work when she was in high school.

“I think I was seventeen and I had never read anything like this before,” said Cameron. “She seemed so brilliant and elegant.”

Cameron spoke about how in some of her work Woolf mentions Shakespeare and what would happen if he had a sister with his same talents trying to succeed. Woolf wrote that she wouldn’t succeed despite her skills because she was a woman in the 16th century.

Many of Woolf’s work had a theme of the struggle of women artists during that time period and admired Shakespeare, talking about this sister many times in her work.

Along with the date of this lecture, April 23 is the supposed birth date of Shakespeare. The exact day is not known for sure though.

Virginia Woolf lived 1882-1941 and lived with mental illness through life, eventually committing suicide by putting stones in her pockets to drown herself.

“She was a strong swimmer, which makes it really hard, so it took a lot of determination,” explained Cameron. “Her life is really fascinating.”

The lecture wrapped up with discussion between the audience and Cameron about Woolf and Shakespeare.

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