Natasha Anderson

Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of English and Linguistics JGU Mainz, Victorian #visceralnovelreader, DFG Project @visceralreader, transatlantic literature

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How do embodied and imaginative engagement shape our reading experiences? The DFG project “The Visceral Novel Reader” @visceralreader, on which I am working with @MonikaClass, examines the central role the body and the senses play in narrative from the Victorian novel to today.

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Thank you to all the participants of our virtual workshop “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader for great scholarly contributions deepening and broadening our understanding of #reading experiences, #phenomenology and #motion in #literature!

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Thank you to Dr Carolin Gebauer @caro_gebauer from the Bergische University of Wuppertal @Uni_Wuppertal for highlighting #reading experiences of contemporary refugee narratives such as by #DinaNayeri and #JohnLanchester in Panel 5 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

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Thank you to Professor Dr Sarah Heinz from the University of Wien @univienna for the discussion of the meaning of home in relation to the #motion and movement of characters and viral diseases in #Lockdown by #PeterMay in Panel 5 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

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Panel 5: Refuge, Rest, and Refugeedom on Day 2 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader examines #readers interacting with experiences of #motion and sedentary life in contemporary #literature

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Thank you to Dr Nicole Falkenhayner @fa_nicole from University of Freiburg @UniFreiburg and Dr Christiane Hansen from University of Koblenz-Landau @unikold for their joint presentation on affect transmission in writings by #SarahMoss and #SarahHall in Panel 4 of #moved2021

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Thank you to Andrea Talmann from the University of Stuttgart @Uni_Stuttgart for her presentation on navigation of empathy and spaces in Mrs Dalloway by #VirginiaWoolf via characters’ #motion and reflection in Panel 4 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

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Thank you to Dr Tim Sommer from the University of Heidelberg @UniHeidelberg for his analysis of aesthetic experience, critique, and emotional responses to art in #OnBeauty by #ZadieSmith and #LeavingTheAtochaStation by #BenLerner in Panel 4 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

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Panel 4: Aesthetics, Aisthesis, and Affect on Day 2 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader discussed #readers engaging with aesthetic experiences, navigating spaces, and transmitting affect in #literature

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Thank you for the discussion of #physiognomy in writings by Johann Wolfgang von #Goethe and translations in connection with eighteenth-century philosophers by Dr Dan Mills from Chattahoochee Technical College @chattech in Panel 3 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

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Thank you to David Lo from the University of Tübingen @uni_tue for his presentation on collective subjectivity in #poetry such as by William #Wordsworth impacting #reading experiences and translations in Panel 3 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

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Thank you to Dr Monika Class @MonikaClass from the University of Mainz @unimainz for scrutinizing #readers interacting with characters’ active movement and #reading habits in Northanger Abbey by #JaneAusten in Panel 3 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

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Panel 3: Phenomenologies of Reading on Day 2 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader explored #phenomenology aspects when #reading #novels and #poetry in connection with theories of philosophers such as the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

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Welcome back to all participants and audience members joining us virtually on the second and final day of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader! Looking forward to more thought-provoking discussions examining #phenomenology and #motion in #literature!

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Thank you to #moved2021 keynote speaker Professor Dr Miranda Burgess #MirandaJBurgess from University of British Columbia @UBC for her eloquent presentation on articulation and questions of life in Frankenstein by #MaryShelley in relation to planetariness and global space!

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Drawing on the phenomenological insights of renowned French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty to explore bodily movement and perception in the #Victorian #novel via examples from #literature by #JaneAusten and #HenryJames in my presentation at #moved2021 @visceralreader

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Thank you to Dr Anja Hartl @Dr_A_Hartl from University of Konstanz @UniKonstanz for discussing how shame and #reading connect in the #Victorian #novel by examining Wilkie Collins’s No Name #wilkiecollins in Panel 2: Motions and Emotions at #moved2021!

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Thank you to Dr Sandra Dinter @DinterDr from Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg @UniFAU for a fascinating paper on the significance of walking for #readers in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret #MEbraddon #sensationfiction in Panel 1 at #moved2021!

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Panel 1: Walking and Wandering on Day 1 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader introduces our workshop’s focus on examining and problematizing the #movement of bodies in #literature by means of a close look at walking in the #Victorian #novel.

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I will be presenting today on Day 1 of the virtual workshop “Moved by Movement in Novels: Phenomenological Approaches” #moved2021 @unimainz as part of our @visceralreader project about how everyday gestures and small-scale movements immerse #readers in the #Victorian #novel.

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Inviting all presenters and audience members of our virtual workshop “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader to join in sharing ideas, opinions, and questions during our live-tweet on September 9-10, 2021.