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Comparative Literature & English

Book Launch: The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall: Newspapers on Stage in July Monarchy France

University Room: Omid & Gisel Kordestani Rooftop Conference Center (Q-801)
Omid & Gisel Kordestani Rooftop Conference Center (Q-801) | 6, rue du Colonel Combes
Friday, October 11, 2019 - 18:00 to 20:00

Nearly 200 years before “fake news,” Parisian newspapers sang about their own corruption on stage.  If you would like to hear more about how the nineteenth-century press was dramatized, please come celebrate the publication of Cary Hollinshead-strick's book, The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall: Newspapers on Stage in July Monarchy France, at 18:00 on Friday, October 11 in Q-801.

In keeping with the book’s focus on embodiment of newspapers, you are encouraged to dress as a favorite periodical publication from any time or place.

Refreshments will be served.