Lecture on 'A Room With A View' Presented by Dr. Gregg Crane at Grosse Pointe South High, 3/4

The Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library announce the fourth program of their Classics Books Lecture Series, A Room with a View: "E. M. Forster's Discovery of Enchantment in the Modern World," presented by Dr. Gregg Crane of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the library of Grosse Pointe South High School , 11 Grosse Pointe Boulevard at Fisher Road in Grosse Pointe Farms . General admission is $10. The lecture is free to members of Friends, students and teachers with identification. For more information call 313.343.2074 ext. 6 or see the website at www.gpfriends.org.

Professor Gregg Crane is Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. He received a Ph. D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

His publications include The Cambridge Introduction to the Nineteenth-Century American Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2007); Race, Citizenship, and Law in American Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2002); "Reasonable Doubts: Crime and Punishment," American Literary History (2006) 18(4); "The Law and Literature Movement," The Oxford Companion to American Law, ed. Kermit Hall (Oxford University Press, 2002); "Stowe and the Law," The Cambridge Companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe, ed. Cindy Weinstein (Cambridge University Press, 2004); "Ralph Ellison's Constitutional Faith," The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Ellison, ed. Ross Posnock (Cambridge University Press, 2005); articles on nineteenth-century American literature, African American literature, and law and literature in American Literature, American Literary History, and Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Gregg Crane's interests include late eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early twentieth-century American poetry and prose; African American literature; Law and Literature, ethical, aesthetic, and political theory, and legal history.

The Hill Seafood & Chop House, located at 123 Kercheval, offers pre-lecture dinners for under $20 beginning at 5:30 p.m. the evening of the lecture. Lecture goers can enjoy a three-course meal with other FRIENDS supporters by calling in their required reservations to the restaurant at (313) 886-8101

Upcoming dates of Friends' Classics Books lectures include:
· March 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m. "New Adam, New Eve, New World : D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow and Modern Life," presented by Dr. John Whittier-Ferguson
· April 22, 2010, 7:30 p.m. "Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: Great African American Novel or Great American Novel?" Dr.. George Bornstein
· May 13, 2010, 7:30 p.m. "Harold Pinter's Menacing Rites of Passage: The Birthday Party and The Homecoming," presented by Dr. George Bornstein

The Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library is a non-profit volunteer organization. They invite new friends to join, participate in their activities and have fun in support of the public library. Among the membership benefits is free admittance to all Classics Books Lectures. For information write to: Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library, 10 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236, call 313.343.2074 ext. 6, or see the website at www.gpfriends.org. (END)

Photo: Professor Gregg Crane. Photo courtesy of University of Michigan