ONLINE INTERVIEW
Lee Jackson
Author of “Dickensland”
Conducted by Emily Bell
Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 4:00 pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This is a virtual event that requires an internet connection and Zoom*
In an effort to expand coverage of Dickens literature and lore, the Arts Club of Washington is pleased to present an online presentation by and interview with Lee Jackson, author of “Dickensland.” Emily Bell, a noted Dickens scholar, will introduce the event and interview Jackson. (Note: The club previously organized an online interview with John Mullan, author of “The Artful Dickens.”)
Jackson’s presentation “will trace the fascinating history of Dickensian tourism,
exploring both real Victorian London and a fictional city shaped by fandom, tourism, and heritage entrepreneurs. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, we will investigate key sites of literary pilgrimage and their relationship with Dickens and his work, revealing hidden, reinvented, and even faked locations. From vanishing coaching inns to submerged riverside stairs and apocryphal shops - this is the curious history of an imaginary world.”
Bio of Lee Jackson
Dr. Lee Jackson is a well-known expert on Victorian London. He is the author of Walking Dickens’ London (Shire, 2012), Dirty Old London (Yale, 2014), Palaces of Pleasure (Yale, 2019) and Dickensland (Yale, 2023). He also serves as an academic advisor to the Dickens Museum.
Bio of Emily Bell
Dr. Emily Bell is a Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Leeds. Her most recent book is Dickens After Dickens (White Rose University Press, 2020), and she is currently writing a new biography of Dickens for Reaktion Books, as well as editing Dickens's poetry for Edinburgh University Press. Dr. Bell is Honorary Editor of The Dickensian, and also sits on the editorial board of The Oxford Edition of Charles Dickens.
*This is a live-stream event requiring to have the Zoom application installed on your computer. Free download at https://zoom.us/support/download
A Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants before the event.
