[Vwoolf] Jane Marcus

[Lauren Elkin]

It's such a loss I don't even know what to say, apart from simply that she
was my mentor, and she taught me how to read, and how to be fierce. I hope
I can live up to that legacy with my own students.

Very best
Lauren


On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 9:35 AM, U V <representationmatters at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is terrible news -- my very, very best to those who knew her well.
> Her work has been magnificent; and the generosity and real, insightful
> interest with which she engaged inexperienced young scholars, and
> normalized that interest, was wonderful. And she coined "the Virginia Woolf
> Soap Operas"! She will be missed so much.
>
> On 29 May 2015 at 06:40, Angeliki Spiropoulou <
> angelikispiropoulou at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Very sad news indeed. Her work is foundational.
>>
>> Angeliki
>>
>> __________
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>> Assistant Professor of European Literature and Theory
>> The University of the Peloponnese
>> Theatre Studies Department
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>> email: aspirop at uop.gr
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>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> From: millsj7 at gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 00:26:34 -0400
>> To: cfroula at northwestern.edu
>> CC: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Jane Marcus
>>
>>
>> Devastating. Jane Marcus was a force to be reckoned with. And as someone
>> once said of Jane Ellen Harrison, another of our intellectual "unmet"
>> mentors and friends...she was a giant upon whose shoulders we all stand.
>> Jane Marcus asked the important questions. Go back. Re-read her. All of it.
>> There are gems to be mined there that will guide you, test you, frustrate
>> you, but demand that you rethink possible. Her work will remain generative,
>> bold, and meaningful to our own questions and research as we stay up late
>> reading and writing forgetful of the tea kettle on the stove ...but somehow
>> certain that we're on to something, something that matters.
>>
>> Jean Mills
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 28, 2015, at 11:40 PM, Christine Froula <cfroula at northwestern.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> What very sad news. Jane's pioneering scholarship and devoted teaching as
>> well as her kindness and generosity have encouraged and inspired countless
>> scholars of Woolf, Elizabeth Robins, feminism, modernism, and much more,
>> and the enduring legacy of her own work will keep her spirit alive. We will
>> miss you, Jane.
>>
>> Christine
>>
>> n 5/28/2015 9:54 PM, Linda Camarasana wrote:
>>
>> Dear fellow Woolfians—
>>
>> It is with extraordinary sadness that I convey the news that Jane Marcus
>> has died.
>>
>> Those of us who studied with Jane are reeling from the news, announced
>> today by her son Ben.
>>
>> --Linda
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Linda Camarasana Associate Professor, English Department Coordinator of
>> Writing Programs SUNY College at Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY 11568
>> CamarasanaL at OldWestbury.edu <CamarasanaL at OldWestbury.edu>*
>>
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