“ has all the marks of [Catherine] Hardwicke as a director [said Halsall]: sprawling soft-focus tree sequences, slow-motion dream sequences, the fetishization of extreme angst among teens (those exchanges between Peter and Henry are just too funny), and her man-candy shots.

…. I agree that it had no irony, and therein lies the missed opportunity of the film.

…. I enjoyed Julie Christie – the linking of the grandmother with the wolf for much of the film was one of the more intriguing details. Too bad they didn't pursue this. Unfortunately, Red Riding Hood neither rethinks nor revises the fairy tale. It was gory, but if it wanted to produce a gory version of the tale, it could have been even more gory!

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The Victorian Studies Network at 91��ɫ

Faculty and students from English, history, political science, science & technology, and the Scott Library will discuss their current scholarship during the symposium, which will take place Oct. 22, from 10am to 2:45pm, 203A Norman Bethune College, Keele campus.

The morning session, moderated by Katey Anderson of the Department of Humanities, will start with Alison Halsall of the Department of English discussing “The Polysemic Pliancy of Elizabeth Siddal in H. D.'s White Rose and the Red". The manuscript , had never been published and instead had been tucked away in archives until Halsall's edited version was published last year.

Next on the program will be 91��ɫ student Benjamin Mitchell’s talk on “Somewhere Between Light and Shadow: Alfred Russel Wallace, Spirit Photography and the Trial of Henry Slade”. Wallace was a British naturalist and an associate of Charles Darwin. Scott Library Librarian Scott McLaren will then look at “The Unmapped Country Within Us: New Acquisitions in Victorian Print Culture”.

In the afternoon session, moderated by of the Department of Humanities, 91��ɫ student Constance Crompton will talk about “Building Gentility: Eugen Sandow and Middle-Class Masculine Muscles”. This will be followed by history Professor ’s look at “‘A Strange Dice-Box of a World’: The Transcolonial Careers of Henry Samuel Chapman” and a talk by Melinda Baldwin – “‘I Wish I Were Wise Enough to Understand More of it’: �����ٳܰ���’s Audience, 1869-1880”.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

The VSNY is an interdisciplinary network whose membership spans a range of departments and programs across 91��ɫ. The symposium is sponsored by the Office of the Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.

For more information, visit the VSNY website.

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