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SUMMARY:‘Transatlantic Crystal Palace: Horace Greeley takes the Great Ex
 hibition on Tour' - Tom F. Wright\, Faculty of English\, University of Cam
 bridge
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CONTACT:Henrik Schoenefeldt
DESCRIPTION:The lecture is part of REFRACTIONS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE - Two
  Talks on the Great Exhibition of 1851\n\nThis paper considers the constru
 ction of transatlantic meanings of the Great Exhibition\, through the figu
 re of Horace Greeley\, the eccentric and divisive editor of the New York T
 ribune. \n\nHaving attended the Fair as an official delegate\, Greeley tou
 red the American popular lecture circuit during 1851-1852 with talks on hi
 s experiences\, extolling the necessity of emulation of British technologi
 cal and commercial achievements. Placing the divided contemporary media re
 sponse to these orations within the wider context of transatlantic percept
 ions of the Exhibition\, this paper charts the contested resonances of the
  Crystal Palace for Anglo-American cultural relations.\n  \nBiography\nTom
  recently completed a PhD in American literature in the Faculty of English
 \, examining American oratorical culture of the mid nineteenth-century and
  the phenomenon of the 'travel lecture' on the popular lecture circuit. Hi
 s research interests include the history of travel writing\, oratorical tr
 aditions\, Anglo-American relations and networks of popular cultural excha
 nge. He is a graduate of UCL and Cambridge\, and spent a postgraduate year
  at Harvard on a Kennedy Scholarship.
LOCATION:Old Combination Room\, Wolfson College\, Cambridge
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