September 12

History Forum Lecture by Prof. Jonathan Morse

“In Honolulu, Herman Melville Indignantly Views a Lady in a Carriage”
Monday, September 12th
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201

Prof. Jonathan Morse (UH Mānoa Department of English) will discuss a lithograph from Honolulu in the 1850s which corroborates Herman Melville’s description of an American missionary woman in a carriage drawn not by horses, but by Hawaiian men. How did Melville and others represent and respond to that scene from Hawaii history? Is there a continuing significance to the public and literary controversies that ensued?

Prof. Morse teaches poetry, American literature and literature of the Modernist period in the Department of English. He currently writes about language and photography, and is the author of Word by Word: The Language of Memory (Cornell University Press) and of many essays on topics including Emily Dickinson and the obsession with zeppelins.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Questions? Please contact Prof. Peter H. Hoffenberg at 956-8497 or peterh@hawaii.edu

Photo provided by Prof. Jonathan Morse