Call for Essays: Victorian Medievalism (6/1/04; collection)

Essays with a focus on Swinburne or Browning or religion are solicited for a
Victorian medievalism collection under contract with Palgrave. Essays
should be appropriate for interdisciplinary undergraduate courses dealing
with Victorian medievalism and should not concern Arthurian or gothic
material. Please send questions and essays to lhollow_at_frc.mass.edu and
jpalmgren_at_saintpauls.edu. Completed essays (4000-5000 words) in Chicago
style should be received by June 1.

Jennifer Palmgren
Asst. Prof. of English
Saint Paul's College
115 College Dr.
Lawrenceville, VA 23868

CFP: Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature (no deadline; book)

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Call for Essays: Victorian Medievalism (6/1/04; collection)

Essays with a focus on Swinburne or Browning or religion are solicited for a
Victorian medievalism collection under contract with Palgrave. Essays
should be appropriate for interdisciplinary undergraduate courses dealing
with Victorian medievalism and should not concern Arthurian or gothic
material. Please send questions and essays to lhollow_at_frc.mass.edu and
jpalmgren_at_saintpauls.edu. Completed essays (4000-5000 words) in Chicago
style should be received by June 1.

Jennifer Palmgren
Asst. Prof. of English
Saint Paul's College
115 College Dr.
Lawrenceville, VA 23868

I am currently seeking contributors for a new volume in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series, 20th Century American Gothic and Romance Writers, to be published by Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc. in 2006.

The entries vary in length from 3,000-12,000 words, but each entry should combine a biographical/bibliographical narrative with a critical assessment of the author's works.

Please send a letter of interest and brief CV (no attachments please) via e-mail to haley.f.fishburn_at_ttu.edu or by post to:
Haley F. Fishburn

Department of English

Texas Tech University

P.O. Box 43091

Lubbock, TX 79409-3091

In the letter of interest, please provide full mailing address and indicate preferred entry/ies.

I am currently seeking contributors for a new volume in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series, 20th Century American Gothic and Romance Writers, to be published by Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc. in 2006.

The entries vary in length from 3,000-12,000 words, but each entry should combine a biographical/bibliographical narrative with a critical assessment of the author's works.

Please send a letter of interest and brief CV (no attachments please) via e-mail to haley.f.fishburn_at_ttu.edu or by post to:
Haley F. Fishburn

Department of English

Texas Tech University

P.O. Box 43091

Lubbock, TX 79409-3091

In the letter of interest, please provide full mailing address and indicate preferred entry/ies.

Calling for authors to write for the Encyclopedia of Documentary Film,
to be published by Routledge (a division of Taylor & Francis Books) in
September 2005. The Encyclopedia will be a three-volume work and will
contain over 800 entries describing individual films, directors,
producers, theorists, production companies, and publications. It will
also address broad themes such as modernism, Marxism, and feminism, and
key concepts including reflexivity and autobiography.

Entries will also cover style techniques, technical issues, and types of
documentaries. Overviews of the documentary film traditions of specific
countries and regions will also be provided.

Announcing the debut issue for the General Education Composition Area
of The Writing Instructor

Call for Submissions

Jefferey H. Taylor, Area Editor: tayljeff_at_mscd.edu

The Writing Instructor: http://www.writinginstructor.com

TOPIC: Good Theory / Best Practices: (Re)Invigorating the General
Education Composition Classroom

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

  Australasian Victorian Studies Journal (AVSJ) Volume 10 for 2004

The AVSJ is an annual interdisciplinary journal devoted to Victorian
Studies. We are now calling for articles for consideration by our
referees for publication in AVSJ Volume 10 2004.

If you wish to submit a paper please send it to the editors no later
than 31 MAY 2004, keeping the following guidelines in mind.

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Theme Issue: Space, Travel, and Identity
Taiwan Journal of English Literature

Taiwan Journal of English Literature announces an open call for papers for the first theme issue of the journal to be published in the Fall. The theme is Space, Travel, and Identity.

Philological Quarterly would like to receive more submissions. We can
consider articles on all literary periods and and we interpret the
term "literary" rather broadly. Articles in MSWord format may be sent
to us at philquar_at_blue.weeg.uiowa.edu by attached file. We try to
decide on acceptance within two months.

Postcolonial Studies Journal: Special Issue: 'Digital Culture'

Postcolonial Studies: Special Issue

'Digital Culture'

Guest Edited by Mark Poster

After some three centuries of recognised existence, the time is ripe to take a comprehensive look at the nature of African American literature. From being one aspect of the residual tradition of enslaved Africans to the distinguished corpus of literary works that are available today, it can be said that the literature has come a long way from its humble origins. Barriers peculiar to African Americans, especially racial prejudice, have been largely overcome, and a literary tradition worthy of its greatest exponents has come into being. What has been the driving force of this literature? What are the themes and motifs that shape it?

After some three centuries of recognised existence, the time is ripe to take a comprehensive look at the nature of African American literature. From being one aspect of the residual tradition of enslaved Africans to the distinguished corpus of literary works that are available today, it can be said that the literature has come a long way from its humble origins. Barriers peculiar to African Americans, especially racial prejudice, have been largely overcome, and a literary tradition worthy of its greatest exponents has come into being. What has been the driving force of this literature? What are the themes and motifs that shape it?