[Vwoolf] Jane Marcus

Georgia Johnston johnstgk at slu.edu
Fri May 29 12:14:35 EDT 2015 

The double loss of deaths of both Jane Marcus and Shari Benstock in
one week--both so influential on our thinking and methodologies.  How
lucky we have been to have them.

best wishes,
Georgia



On 5/29/15, Diana Swanson <dswanson at niu.edu> wrote:
> I am so sad to hear this news. Jane Marcus was and is an inspiration; one of
> the great thinkers in literary studies, in feminist studies, and of course
> in Woolf studies. I was in graduate school in the 80s and early 90s, as
> Marcus was publishing much of her pioneering work. What excitement to read
> and what a call to action--to make our work count in academia and beyond.
>
> Diana
>
> Diana L. Swanson, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and English
> Faculty Associate of the Institute for the Study of the Environment,
> Sustainability, and Energy
> Northern Illinois University
> DeKalb, IL 60115
> 815-753-6611
> dswanson at niu.edu
> ________________________________________
> From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+dswanson=niu.edu at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of
> Kristin Czarnecki <Kristin_Czarnecki at georgetowncollege.edu>
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 9:00 AM
> To: Jeanette McVicker; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Vwoolf Digest, Vol 36, Issue 19
>
> I'd be pleased to email Julie regarding a tribute of some kind at the
> conference next week--perhaps a few words at the banquet and/or a photo
> display on a stand throughout? Perhaps a memorial notebook of some kind for
> people to write in and then give to Jane's family? If any of you would like
> to plan or participate, please let me know.
>
> Kristin Czarnecki
> President, International Virginia Woolf Society
> Associate Professor of English
> Georgetown College, Pawling Hall 110
> Georgetown, KY 40324​
> 502-863-8132
>
>
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> From: Vwoolf
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> behalf of Jeanette McVicker <mcvicker at fredonia.edu>
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 8:19 AM
> To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Vwoolf Digest, Vol 36, Issue 19
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> This is very sad news. Jane Marcus was a passionate thinker and her
> generosity was legend. I imagine there will be a tribute to her memory and
> legacy at the upcoming conference? I would be willing to help. Condolences
> to those who knew her well and to her family.
> Jan McVicker
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 08:35:43 +0100
>> From: U V <representationmatters at gmail.com>
>> To: Angeliki Spiropoulou <angelikispiropoulou at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: "vwoolf at lists.osu.edu" <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Jane Marcus
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>> 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
>>>
>>> __________
>>> Dr. Angeliki Spiropoulou ( MA; PhD Sussex University)
>>> Assistant Professor of European Literature and Theory
>>> The University of the Peloponnese
>>> Theatre Studies Department
>>> Vassileos Konstantinou 21, Nafplio 21100, GR
>>> email: aspirop at uop.gr
>>> tel (Secretariat): 0030-27520-96130/126
>>>
>>> http://ts.uop.gr/images/files/bs/spiropoulou_bs.pdf
>>> https://uop-gr.academia.edu/AngelikiSpiropoulou
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> 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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>>
>> --
>> Urvashi Vashist
>> Department of English Language and Literature
>> University College London
>>
>> Email: urvashi.vashist.09 at ucl.ac.uk
>> Phone: +44 (0) 7999 052989
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>> "Tonight I think
>> no poetry
>> will serve."
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>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 08:37:25 +0100
>> From: Allison Lin <tzuyulin at hotmail.com>
>> To: Angeliki Spiropoulou <angelikispiropoulou at hotmail.com>, Jean Mills
>>    <millsj7 at gmail.com>, Christine <cfroula at northwestern.edu>
>> Cc: "vwoolf at lists.osu.edu" <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Jane Marcus
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>> We will miss you, Jane... a wonderful Woolf scholar.
>>
>> Allison
>>
>> Asst Prof Dr Tzu Yu Allison Lin
>> Faculty of Education, Gaziantep University
>> 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey
>>
>>
>> From: angelikispiropoulou at hotmail.com
>> To: millsj7 at gmail.com; cfroula at northwestern.edu
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 05:40:28 +0000
>> CC: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Jane Marcus
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Very sad news indeed. Her work is foundational.
>> Angeliki
>> __________Dr. Angeliki Spiropoulou ( MA; PhD Sussex University)Assistant
>> Professor of European Literature and TheoryThe University of the
>> PeloponneseTheatre Studies DepartmentVassileos Konstantinou 21, Nafplio
>> 21100, GRemail: aspirop at uop.grtel (Secretariat): 0030-27520-96130/126
>> http://ts.uop.gr/images/files/bs/spiropoulou_bs.pdfhttps://uop-gr.academia.edu/AngelikiSpiropoulou
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 09:38:58 +0200
>> From: Lauren Elkin <laurenelkin at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "vwoolf at lists.osu.edu" <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
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>> 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
>>>>
>>>> __________
>>>> Dr. Angeliki Spiropoulou ( MA; PhD Sussex University)
>>>> Assistant Professor of European Literature and Theory
>>>> The University of the Peloponnese
>>>> Theatre Studies Department
>>>> Vassileos Konstantinou 21, Nafplio 21100, GR
>>>> email: aspirop at uop.gr
>>>> tel (Secretariat): 0030-27520-96130/126
>>>>
>>>> http://ts.uop.gr/images/files/bs/spiropoulou_bs.pdf
>>>> https://uop-gr.academia.edu/AngelikiSpiropoulou
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> 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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>>> --
>>> Urvashi Vashist
>>> Department of English Language and Literature
>>> University College London
>>>
>>> Email: urvashi.vashist.09 at ucl.ac.uk
>>> Phone: +44 (0) 7999 052989
>>>
>>>
>>> "Tonight I think
>>> no poetry
>>> will serve."
>>>
>>> Representation-Matters <http://representation-matters.tumblr.com>.
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Dr. Lauren Elkin
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>> web: www.laurenelkin.com
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