The Edward A. Dickson Emeritus/a Professorship Lecture
"The Imagination of Horace Walpole"
George Haggerty, UCR Professor Emeritus of the English Department
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Presentation delivered via Zoom
George Haggerty is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Riverside. His books include Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form (1989); Unnatural Affections: Women and Fiction in the Later Eighteenth Century (1998); Men In Love: Masculinity and Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century (1999); Queer Gothic (2006); Horace Walpole’s Letters: Masculinity and Friendship in the Eighteenth-Century (2011); and Queer Friendship: Male Intimacy in the English Literary Tradition (2018). He has also edited (with Bonnie Zimmerman) Professions of Desire: Lesbian and Gay Studies in Literature (1995); Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (2000), Music and Sexuality in Britten: Selected Essays of Philip Brett (2006), and (with Molly McGarry) The Blackwell Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies (2007). He is currently at work on The Many Lives of Horace Walpole.
In this presentation, George Haggerty will discuss the life and letters of Horace Walpole, the son of England's first Prime Minister, and the author of England's first Gothic novel: The Castle of Otranto.
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