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Ingeborg Bachmann Centre Biennial Lecture – Apocalypse in the Alps
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Free attendance; advance online registration is essential.
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Seán Williams explores the Swiss Alps as a destination for tourists, alternative communities and solitary seekers in the early twentieth century.
Seán Williams discusses how Rainer Maria Rilke, Algernon Blackwood and Franca Kraig used the Swiss Alps as a setting for literature, spiritual contemplation and ideas of apocalypse. Andrea Capovilla introduces and moderates the lecture. The talk runs from 18:00 to 19:30 in Senate House Room 264; drinks are available from 17:30. Attendance is free with advance online registration.
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