CFP: Retribution in Renaissance Literature (5/19/05; RSA, 3/23/06-3/25/06)
For the Renaissance Society of America Conference in San Francisco (March 23-25, 2006).
This panel seeks to re-examine literary representations of revenge in early
modern culture. Papers are welcomed from across genres, countries, languages,
and disciplinary/theoretical approaches.
Much scholarly attention has been given to the mimetic function of revenge and
the authorizing narratives used to justify (or proscribe) vengeance.
Reevaluation of these issues is certainly welcomed. However, this panel seeks
to open the field of inquiry even further.
Topics for consideration may include, for example, the following: