Literature
Taylor Hagood, Ph.D., was the 2013–2014 Lifelong Learning Society Distinguished Professor of Arts and Letters and is Professor of American Literature at Florida Atlantic University. He received his Ph.D. in United States Literature and Culture from the University of Mississippi, where he was the Frances Bell McCool Fellow in Faulkner Studies. Professor Hagood has authored four books: “Faulkner’s Imperialism: Space, Place, and the Materiality of Myth”; “Secrecy, Magic, and the One-Act Plays of Harlem Renaissance Women Writers”; “Faulkner, Writer of Disability” (winner of the C. Hugh Holman Award for Best Book in Southern Studies); and “Following Faulkner: The Critical Response to Yoknapatawpha’s Architect.” In 2009–2010, he was a Fulbright Professor in the Amerika Institut at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and he was awarded the 2010–2011 Scholar of the Year Award at the Assistant Professor level.
The Gilded Age
The United States came into its own in the late 19th century. After the agonies of civil war, the country emerged as an economic powerhouse. For the first time, Americans were able to bring wealth to the international table and Europe came to them to revive their decayed glory. The era was called “The Gilded Age.” This course will examine the great forgers of that wealth along with the writers, artists and composers both in the United States and abroad who helped shape the Zeitgiest of that time. Prominent figures who make an appearance in this four-lecture series include Henry Flagler, Winslow Homer, Henry James, John D. Rockefeller, Edith Wharton and John Phillip Sousa.
Four Lectures
- The Captains - This lecture examines the great industrialists of the later 1800s, including Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie, Vanderbilt.
- The Writers - This lecture explores the lives and works of the great writers of the era, including James, Howells, Wharton, Chopin.
- The Artists - This lecture presents the artists of the Gilded Age, including Homer, Corot, Ruskin, Morris.
- The Musicians - The series closes with a consideration of the music that tantalized the newly rich, with special focus on Strauss, Mahler, Puccini, Sousa.
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| Course # F4W3 — Last 4 Weeks
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Wednesdays, November 13, 20; December 4, 11 2019 |
| Time: | 2:15 - 3:45 PM |
| Fee: | $50 / member; $65 / non-member |
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Four Modernist Masterpieces
For the first time at Osher Lifelong Learning Jupiter, Professor Taylor Hagood will be doing a Great Books course. This four-week series will take place in a classroom-like setting in which a small group will read and discuss four modernist novels. Hagood will guide the conversation to plumb the depths of these classic works.
Books for this class will not be sold at OLLI. They are available on Amazon.com.
Register early! Enrollment for this class is limited to 30 students.
Four Lectures
- Zora Neale Hurston - "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
- William Faulkner - "As I Lay Dying"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald - "The Great Gatsby"
- Ernest Hemingway - "The Sun Also Rises"
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| Course # F4R7 — Last 4 Weeks
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| Place: | Room 158, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Thursdays, November 14, 21; December 5, 12 2019 |
| Time: | 11:30 - 1 PM |
| Fee: | $70 / member; $80 / non-member |
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Hagood Reads the Phone Book: Charleston
In this new installment in the phone book series,
Taylor Hagood will bring alive one of the most
graceful cities of the United States. Few places in the
country can match the history and panache of
Charleston, South Carolina. From important battle
sites to haunted gardens, from great eateries to
clothing stores that have made this city the bestdressed,
and, with interesting citizens both famous
and obscure, real and imagined, this one-time event
will present this beautiful and magical place.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Course # F1M2 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Monday, December 9 2019 |
| Time: | 2:15 - 3:45 PM |
| Fee: | $30 / member; $35 / non-member |
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