Academica Press, LLC (Bethesda, MD; Palo Alto, CA; Dublin, Ireland) is
pleased to announce an updated call for essays to be included in an
edited collection entitled: Origins of English Dramatic Modernism, 1870-
1914.

(The volume on Dramatic Modernism will serve as a companion to Origins of
English Literary Modernism, 1870-1914, to be published by Academica Press
October 2008.)

The aim of the volume on dramatic modernism is to examine nascent
movements, genre shifts, developing authors, and controversial themes as
they emerged in both drama and theatre. We are less interested in the
obscure and more concerned with the essence of the creative nexus of
London from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the
twentieth century (up to around 1914). Contributors wishing to consider
writers after 1914 are invited to do so, but there must be a clear
genealogy and analysis of the influences on such writers, keeping in line
with the spirit of origins of the volume. We are less interested in
essays completely focused on the â€"isms of the period but more focused on
particular authors (individually or grouped) through their representative
works. Irish dramatists who fit into the scope of the volume will be
considered. We are looking for previously unpublished essays only, from
established and beginning scholars world-wide.

We are aware that this specific topic has been treated previously, most
notably perhaps by J.L. Styan, Modern Drama in Theory and Practice (3
volumes, 1983) and Christopher Innes, Modern British Drama: The Twentieth
Century (2002). There is continued interest in modernism, for example in
the Modernist Studies Association in America and the Centre for Modernist
Studies, Univ. of Sussex, UK; however, drama and theatre feature only
marginally in the work of these organizations. We invite prospective
authors to revisit these volumes and question the nature of early
modernism in the context of drama and theatre with renewed vigor.

In terms of this Updated Call, we are asking specifically for work on the
theatre context (rather than dramatists themselves directly), since the
theatre provides the framework for dramatists to fit in with or not. We
are especially interested in essays on Henry Arthur Jones or James M.
Barrie.
 
We are looking for abstracts or proposals immediately. We would request
finished essays in MLA style by 30 June 2009. We are looking for good,
clear writing on solid authors, extensive use of scholarly resources, and
polished essays around 20-25 pages in length.

Proposals (with a very brief biography) or inquiries may be submitted
either on paper format or (preferably) by e-mail (with a clear subject
line; no attachments please), as soon as possible to both

Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe Ph.D.
Professor of Drama
University of Lincoln
Lincoln School of Performing Arts
LPAC Building, Brayford Pool
Lincoln LN6 7TS
UK
dmeyerdinkgrafe_at_lincoln.ac.uk

and

Gregory F. Tague, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street â€" Room 6005
Brooklyn Heights, New York 11201 USA
gtague_at_stfranciscollege.edu

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