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.
Shakespeare Retold III
Back by demand, Taylor Hagood’s “Shakespeare
Retold” course met with resounding success, and,
now for the Winter 2019 term, he is offering another
round of great plays by one of the world’s greatest
writers. If you have found Shakespeare difficult or
off-putting, this course helps you get past all the
difficult language to the vivid and very real characters
and situations Shakespeare presents. This course is
unique — not a dry lecture on the great Bard of
Stratford-upon-Avon, but a lively and penetrating
presentation of each play that brings the characters
and their worlds alive.
Nine Lectures
- "Romeo and Juliet" -
- "Pericles" -
- "Much Ado About Nothing" -
- "Othello" -
- "The Life and Death of King John" -
- "Cymbeline" -
- "Antony and Cleopatra" -
- "The Comedy of Errors" -
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| Course # W8M4 — Full 9 Weeks
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Mondays, January 14, 28; February 4, 11, 18, 25; March 4, 11, 18 2019
(No Class On Monday, January 21 2019 ) |
| Time: | 3:45 - 5:15 PM |
| Fee: | $80 / member; $110 / non-member |
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Houdini
Drawing on his background as the child of a
magician, Taylor Hagood offers this one-time event
on the intensely interesting life of the great magician
and escape-artist Harry Houdini. From his birth in
Hungary to his fabulous escapes to his mysterious
death, Houdini's life is itself a kind of grand magic
illusion in the sense that it is filled with a multitude of
secrets and still-unsolved mysteries.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Course # W1TA — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Tuesday, February 26 2019 |
| Time: | 1:30 - 3 PM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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Million Dollar Quartet
On December 4, 1956, four young men gathered in a
tiny studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis,
Tennessee. The studio was Sun Records, and the
young men were Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee
Lewis and Elvis Presley. It was a historic moment,
and the studio’s owner Sam Phillips turned on the
recording equipment to capture it. This one-time
event will tell about that day — the stories of these
men’s lives, the events that led up to that day and the
influences on early rock and roll music. This one-time
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event will combine
lecture and live music, with Hagood playing and
singing.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Course # W1R7 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Thursday, January 31 2019 |
| Time: | 7 - 8:30 PM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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