Come to Bjorklunden this summer to explore the topic of how authors have historically clashed with the law. Literature Meets the Law: From Oscar Wilde to J.R.R. Tolkien will run Sunday, July 27 to Friday, August 1, 2014. Among many issues to be covered: How did it happen that after Oscar Wilde sued a British nobleman for criminal libel, he wound up being prosecuted by the Crown for acts of “gross indecency”? Why did D.H. Lawrence have to publish Lady Chatterley’s Lover first in Italy, and how long was the book regarded as obscene? When James Joyce’s Ulysses was pirated in the United States, why couldn’t he sue for copyright infringement there? Why was Henry James so obsessed with privacy, and why did it take so long for the law to develop privacy protections for individuals? When does an estate of a famous author go too far in trying to protect the author’s public image? Instructor and LU alumnus Robert Spoo’s 79 most recent book, Without Copyrights: Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain has been praised in The Nation, Los Angeles Review of Books, Paris Review Daily, Publishers Weekly, and many other venues. The book offers a panoramic historical account of the problems foreign authors encountered with U.S. copyright law and rampant piracy. Spoo regularly gives talks and presentations in the United States and abroad. He has recently spoken at Columbia University, in Dublin, Ireland, and in C-SPAN broadcasts. He has received the Outstanding University Teacher Award at the University of Tulsa, as well as Outstanding Professor awards at the University’s College of Law. Register today! Call Samantha at (920) 839-2216.
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 20:11:43 +0000
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