{"id":8923,"date":"2016-11-30T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=8923"},"modified":"2016-11-30T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T20:03:58","slug":"joshi2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/joshi2016\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT | Annual S. T. Joshi Fellow Presentation : Matthew Beach and \u201cLovecraft\u2019s Consolation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/joshi2016\/hpl2crop\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8924\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/11\/hpl2crop-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"hpl2crop\" width=\"584\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/11\/hpl2crop-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/11\/hpl2crop-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">On<\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\"> Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at the John Hay Library,<\/strong> S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellow Matthew Beach will give a presentation entitled, \u201cLovecraft\u2019s Consolation.\u201d Beach is the second recipient of the Joshi Fellowship, which supports research relating to H.P. Lovecraft, his associates, and literary heirs. Working with the H. P. Lovecraft papers at the John Hay Library, Beach investigated Lovecraft&#8217;s theories on weird fiction and time in support of his dissertation research. Over the course of the two-month fellowship, Mr. Beach also became interested in a series of letters that he identified as &#8220;consolation letters.&#8221; Conversation and refreshments to follow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8925\" style=\"width: 134px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/joshi2016\/screen-shot-2016-11-12-at-6-26-30-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8925\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-12-at-6.26.30-PM-256x300.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-12-at-6-26-30-pm\" width=\"134\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew\u00a0Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Matthew Beach is a doctoral candidate in the English Department at Brown University. His research focuses on time, affect, and the body in American literature, particularly in popular genres such as pulp and sentimental fiction.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship for 2017 is now open. Additional information is available online: <a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/joshi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/joshi\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Date<\/strong>: <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday, December 8, 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong>Time<\/strong>: <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">4:00 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong>Location<\/strong>: Lownes Room, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.\u00a0at the John Hay Library, S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellow Matthew Beach will give a presentation entitled, \u201cLovecraft\u2019s Consolation.\u201d Beach is the second recipient of the Joshi Fellowship, which supports research relating to H.P. Lovecraft, his associates, and literary heirs. Working with the H. P. Lovecraft papers <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/joshi2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  EVENT | Annual S. T. 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