Violet Paget, Studio Broggi, Florence
“Literature is the universal confidant, the spiritual director of mankind" Vernon Lee
Portrait de Miss Paget par Berthe Noufflard, 1932
"L’avantage d’être écrivain, même sans lecteurs, c’est de pouvoir éviter tout malentendu et toute déloyauté en mettant sous les yeux des autres ce qu’on pense sous forme de livre." VL, Lettre à Berthe Noufflard 26 juillet 1925
Miss Paget, portrait photographique par André Noufflard
« Mais si seulement les gens voulaient reconnaître dans leurs semblables : des semblables, l’autre soi-même du Bouddhisme ou du moins une pauvre bête aussi capable de souffrance et d’erreur que soi-même ! » (Vernon Lee, Lettre à Mathilde Hecht, 30 décembre 1921)
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Sentimental Travellers, a Retrospective -Villa Il Palmerino, 30 May-30 June 2023
Dear Readers of Vernon Lee and Friends of Il Palmerino, we are delighted to announce the exclusive retrospective exhibition of works by Clementina Anstruther-Thomson, Vernon Lee, Federigo Angeli, Lola Costa, Thomas Watt Cafe and many others, curated by Pier-Antonio Gottardo, … Continue reading
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Introducing Lee’s Grandmother: Amelia Sofia Macpherson (1776-1831)
Sally Blackburn-Daniels (@drSallyBD) At the end of 2022 I received an incredibly exciting message via my ancestry.com account: Hello, my name is David Devan, I live in Northeast New York, not too far from the Canadian border. I buy, sell, … Continue reading
Recent Works Relevant to Lee Scholars:
Compiled by Sally Blackburn-Daniels Monographs Heather Bozant Witcher,’Towards Empathy: Vernon Lee’s Psychological Aesthetics’, in Collaborative Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century: Sympathetic Partnerships and Artistic Creation (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Suzanne Hobson, ‘The Ethics of Unbelief in Vernon Lee and … Continue reading
The Future of Intelligence: a Multidisciplinary Vernon Lee Conference, 8-10 September 2023, Florence and Online
“Intelligence is especially preservative and sheltering. It is the natural purifier and tidier-up where Genius and Stupidity, disrupting and corrupting by turns, have played the deuce with our poor mortal heritage. And in the face of the millionfold sacrifices of … Continue reading
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
« … presents give me a very lively and special pleasure; have done so always ever since my days of Christmas-trees and birthday candles, leaving all through my life a particular permeating charm connected with certain dates and seasons, like the … Continue reading
“Every individual has a value”
“And have you ever reflected that the restrictions placed upon nearly all women’s lives — restrictions upon their studying, travelling, nay, in many countries, even upon their freely walking about in broad daylight — are due mainly to the fact … Continue reading
“Newly graduated? Why you should be brave and attend an academic conference”
by Siobhan Smith Last week I had the pleasure of attending the “Vernon Lee, Aesthetics and Empathy” conference at Churchill College, Cambridge. As a new graduate this was a daunting prospect, but I harbour lofty aspirations to continue onto PhD … Continue reading
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Vernon Lee, Aesthetics and Empathy: Conference Notes, Suzy Corrigan, Teesside University
As an undergraduate student, I was advised by my tutor to compile a book of every word I came across that I didn’t understand to help me to expand my academic vocabulary. The word, ‘interdisciplinary’ has now been added! It … Continue reading
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Colloque international, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 13-14 Octobre 2022
Dear readers, We are delighted to invite you to attend the international conference organised by Pr. Marc Rolland (ULCO) in Boulogne-sur-mer, where Violet Paget was born on October 14, 1856. The annual General Meeting of the International Vernon Lee Society … Continue reading
Vernon Lee, Aesthetics & Empathy: Conference in Cambridge, 12-13 September 2022
Dear Vernon Lee friends, Don’t miss tomorrow’s important conference on Vernon Lee’s philosophy of art and empathy, organised by Derek Matravers and Sally Blackburn-Daniels! Conference Programme 12th September 09:00 Tea and Coffee 09:30 Welcome 09:40 Jesse Prinz: ‘Is Aesthetic Experience … Continue reading