Jim Welsh 1938-2013 : An Appreciation
Authors : Laurence Raw
Pages : 1-4
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Publication Date : 2013-10-01
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Abstract :I first encountered Jim on my first academic visit to the United States in 2002, when I attended the Literature/Film Association LFA Conference in Carlisle, PA. The environment seemed very familiar to me: downtown Carlisle has that homely feel characteristic of an English provincial town, while Dickinson College is sufficiently compact so that it does not feel intimidating to the visitor. I knew of Jim’s reputation as the founder and co-editor of and one of the mainstays of the LFA. He had been kind enough to publish my first major academic article – a discussion of William Wyler’s film of The Heiress 1949 – in the journal. Needless to say I was very apprehensive about meeting him for the first time.Keywords :