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Laura Rattray

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Reader in American Literature, University of Glasgow. All things Edith Wharton, US women's writing, modernism, 1930s, Transatlantic Literary Women

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2026 Edith Wharton Summit - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home | Lenox, MA The Mount is the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, MA - the Berkshires. This annual Summit presents new scholarship, experiences, and talks.

Full programme for the Edith Wharton Summit, June 4-6, now available ๐Ÿ˜Š edithwharton.org/calendar/sum...

10.02.2026 20:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a zoom call with the presentation: 

Edith Wharton
as Musician - Musicians in Her Fiction
Frederick Wegener
Edith Wharton's Birthday Talk
January 21, 2026

Screenshot of a zoom call with the presentation: Edith Wharton as Musician - Musicians in Her Fiction Frederick Wegener Edith Wharton's Birthday Talk January 21, 2026

Happy birthday Edith Wharton! @edithwhartonsoc.bsky.social @drlaurarattray.bsky.social @laurakatherine95.bsky.social ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‚

21.01.2026 17:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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January Tea with TLW: Joint Birthday Event with the Edith Wharton Society โ€“ Professor Frederick Wegener on โ€œEdith Wharton as Musician โ€“ Musicians in Her Fictionโ€ Wednesday 21 January 2026, 5pm UK/12 noon EST on Zoom We canโ€™t believe it is nearly 2026, but we are very excited to begin the new year with our joint event with our friends at the Edith Wharton Soโ€ฆ

So excited for our Transatlantic Literary Women x Edith Wharton Soc joint event this Wednesday to celebrate Wharton's birthday! Come along to learn more about musicians in Wharton's fiction. Free, fun, and friendly, as always ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™
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19.01.2026 13:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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January Tea with TLW: Joint Birthday Event with the Edith Wharton Society โ€“ Professor Frederick Wegener on โ€œEdith Wharton as Musician โ€“ Musicians in Her Fictionโ€ Wednesday 21 January 2026, 5pm UK/12 noon EST on Zoom We canโ€™t believe it is nearly 2026, but we are very excited to begin the new year with our joint event with our friends at the Edith Wharton Soโ€ฆ

Edith Wharton talk online Wed 21 Jan. ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽถ All welcome!
transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/j...

16.01.2026 18:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In-Person Tea With TLW: Professor Elisabeth Bouzonviller on โ€œZelda Fitzgeraldโ€™s Multimedia Self-Portraiture, from Provocative Flapper to Subdued Clinic Inmateโ€ Please join us for an in-person Tea with the Transatlantic Literary Women event on Tuesday 11 November. Weโ€™re meeting in room 202, 4 University Gardens, University of Glasgow. Come and enjoy refresโ€ฆ

Glasgow people! This in-person event is happening tomorrow & what better way is there to spend an autumn evening than talking about the inimitable Queen of the Jazz Age, Zelda Fitzgerald ๐ŸŽท free, as always ๐ŸŽท #glasgow #americanliterature
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10.11.2025 11:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Must be the Season of the Witch: Multitextual Medea โ€˜Of all creatures that feel and think,ย  we women are the worst treated things aliveโ€™ย  So claims the eponymous heroine of Euripidesโ€™ traged...

๐Ÿ”ฎ NEW BLOG POST ๐Ÿ”ฎ There is nothing spookier than the dread witch, Medea... except maybe the way she is treated by all the men around her!

#blog #blogger #classics #classicssky #booksky #Medea #SpookySeason

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24.10.2025 10:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

29.09.2025 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2578 ๐Ÿ” 1615 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39 ๐Ÿ“Œ 172
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In-Person Tea With TLW: Professor Elisabeth Bouzonviller on โ€œZelda Fitzgeraldโ€™s Multimedia Self-Portraiture, from Provocative Flapper to Subdued Clinic Inmateโ€ Please join us for an in-person Tea with the Transatlantic Literary Women event on Tuesday 11 November. Weโ€™re meeting in room 202, 4 University Gardens, University of Glasgow. Come and enjoy refresโ€ฆ

Glasgow people! Join us on Tuesday 11 November at 4pm for an in-person Tea with TLW event, where we'll be joined by the incredible Elisabeth Bouzonviller for a talk on Zelda Fitzgerald! #AmericanLiterature #Glasgow ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™

transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/i...

21.10.2025 08:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald Bringing together leading voices from across the globe, The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald presents state-of-the-art scholarship on the renowned Jazโ€ฆ

Lovely review of @bloomsburylit.bsky.social new F Scott Fitzgerald handbook in @thetls.bsky.social - โ€œ...a treasure trove of new scholarly work on the author.โ€ Check out the handbook here: www.bloomsbury.com/bloomsbury-h...

10.07.2025 09:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tea With TLW Celebration! When: Wednesday 10 September 5pm UK time First of all, we here at TLW would like to extend a huge thanks to everyone who joined us in person or online for our TLW Symposium in Derby this summer. Weโ€ฆ

It's September, which means we're officially in the month of the Transatlantic Literary Women celebration event! Come along to a friendly get together where we're celebrating YOU & all our achievements in 2025! Hope to see you there. ๐Ÿฅ‚
transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/t...

01.09.2025 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Folklore & Women: The power of folklore in reclaiming female stories How have myths and fairytales shaped feminist thought? Explore the power of folklore, its symbols and role in todayโ€™s society. With Q+A.

Still some last minute tickets left for my Folklore & Women event in Manchester on the 6th August!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-w...

29.07.2025 09:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Edith Wharton Summit - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home | Lenox, MA The Mount is the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, MA - the Berkshires. This annual Summit presents new scholarship, experiences, and talks.

Edith Wharton Summit at The Mount next June! Please help us spread the word. Submissions deadline: 1 October

edithwharton.org/calendar/sum...

17.07.2025 14:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had the most amazing two days of papers, conversations, and laughter at the Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium ๐Ÿฉท thank you to my beautiful, brilliant teammates for making it such a success @laurakatherine95.bsky.social @drlaurarattray.bsky.social ๐Ÿฉท

05.07.2025 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I loved every minute of this event. But most of all, I loved working with two fantastic, inspiring teammates ๐Ÿฅฐ Thank you!

06.07.2025 06:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fun first day at the Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium @shelbyjudge.bsky.social @laurakatherine95.bsky.social

04.07.2025 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jane Austen in the Public Gardens: A 250th Birthday Celebration Event in Halifax, NS by Sarah Emsley on Sunday, August 17 2025 with 110 people interested.

@sarahemsley.bsky.social is hosting a 250th birthday celebration in honour of #JaneAusten on Sunday, August 17 at 4:30 at the #Halifax Public Gardens.

I *hope* to get there,too.

www.facebook.com/events/21121...

30.06.2025 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our TLW symposium is THIS WEEKEND!! Tickets are free, attendees are fabulousโ€ฆ hope to see you all on Friday & Saturday ๐Ÿ“š

01.07.2025 07:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminder that you can still grab online tickets for our Symposium on Friday and Saturday THIS WEEK!!

Programme and tickets available below - we have panels and pub quizzes and book clubs - come join us!

30.06.2025 11:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TLW Symposium 2025: Programme & Tickets The Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium is happening at the University of Derby on the 4th-5th July 2025. Itโ€™s also a completely hybrid event, so youโ€™re also able to tune in and partโ€ฆ

First post on Bluesky ๐Ÿคž:
Iโ€™m really looking forward to this weekโ€™s Transatlantic Literary Women symposium, led by the brilliant @shelbyjudge.bsky.social
Thereโ€™s still time to join us:
transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/t...

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