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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: 2020 CALS/CCR Roundtable, American Dreams: Romance and Reali
ty
DESCRIPTION:\nIn Alice McDermott&rsquo\;s National Book Award-winning no
vel Charming Billy (1998)\,\n\nsecond-generation Irish American cousins
living in Queens\, New York\, inherit the\n\ndreams&mdash\;and the Ameri
can dream&mdash\;of their immigrant parents. At a wake held in the\n\n19
80s for the title character Billy Lynch\, a tight-knit community of mour
ners meditate\n\non the romantic underpinnings of\, and the darker lived
realities often belying\,\n\nhopes and dreams passed on from one genera
tion to the next. In this roundtable\n\ndiscussion\, three panelists wil
l use McDermott&rsquo\;s novel as a touchstone for a broader\n\ndiscussi
on about how\, why\, and to what end immigrant dreams are passed on\, ta
ken\n\nup\, and transposed across generations in American literature\, h
istory\, and society.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/eve
nt/2020_calsccr_roundtable_american_dreams_romance_and_reality/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In Alice McDerm
ott’s National Book Award-winning novel Charming Billy (1998),
second-generation Irish American cousins living in Queens, New York, i
nherit the
dreams—and the American dream—of their immig
rant parents. At a wake held in the
1980s for the title character B
illy Lynch, a tight-knit community of mourners meditate
on the roma
ntic underpinnings of, and the darker lived realities often belying,
hopes and dreams passed on from one generation to the next. In this ro
undtable
discussion, three panelists will use McDermott’s nov
el as a touchstone for a broader
discussion about how, why, and to
what end immigrant dreams are passed on, taken
up, and transposed a
cross generations in American literature, history, and society.
Fo
r more details: https://events.la.psu.edu
/event/2020_calsccr_roundtable_american_dreams_romance_and_reality/<
/p>
LOCATION:Mann Assembly Room, Paterno Library
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