[Vwoolf] Wednesday in June

[Steve Posin]

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> From: Sarah Cornish <sarahcornish at gmail.com>
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>Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 1:15 PM
>Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Wednesday in June
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>Thank you, Anne. I suppose this might mean that tomorrow (6/20) is ClarissaDay, should we like to officially establish it as a Wednesday in the middle of June. 
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>So, I encourage you all to celebrate accordingly. Walk in your park. Buy some flowers. Wear a party dress. Meet up with a former lover for a chat. 
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>On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:29 AM, ANNE E. FERNALD <fernald at fordham.edu> wrote:
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>Woolfians,
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>>We know the novel is set on a Wednesday in June of 1923, toward the middle of the month.
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>>June 21, 1923 was a Thursday.
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>>There were no solar eclipses in June in 1923.
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>>The other clue to the exact date would be the cricket scores, but David Bradshaw has shown that they are notional and do not correspond to the scores on a particular date.
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>>There is no ClarissaDay as there is a Bloomsday.
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>>Best,
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>>Anne
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>>Anne E. Fernald
>>Director of Writing/Composition at Lincoln Center,
>>Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies
>>Fordham University
>>113 W 60th St.
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>>kllevenback---06/19/2012 09:17:18 AM---Dear Molly-- In Robin Lippincott's Mr. Dalloway, which I reviewed (along with a couple of
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>>Date: 06/19/2012 09:17 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Wednesday in June
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>>Dear Molly--
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>>In Robin Lippincott's Mr. Dalloway, which I reviewed (along with a couple of other Woolf-inspired novels) some years ago in the Woolf Studies Annual, it is a solar eclipse which is seen to be a clue to dating--and is at the center of the day in June the "novella" involves.
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>>As I recall, I rather liked the allusion, having been lucky enough to witness a solar eclipse myself.  Clearly an eclipse is more special, the solstice being an annual occurrence.
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>>Hoping your summer is happy--
>>Karen
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>>From:"omolly at satx.rr.com" <omolly at satx.rr.com>
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>>Sent:Tue, June 19, 2012 8:31:33 AM
>>Subject:[Vwoolf] Wednesday in June
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>>It has been my considered opinion that Mrs Dalloway takes place on the Summer Solstice which, according to Whitaker's Almanac, occurs on June 21 in 1923."Everything had come to a standstill." Other opinions? Molly
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