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CFP: Transgressing the Frontier: Modernity, American Ideology, and Cinema (8/16/03; collection)

updated: 
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 - 6:13pm
Bennett Huffman

Original essays are invited for a collection tentatively entitled
"Transgressing the Frontier: Modernity, American Ideology, and Cinema."
The purpose of this book is to explore the role of ideology in current
film works with an emphasis on boundary breaking and exploration from a
variety of scholarly approaches and perspectives. Ideally this collection
will be a comprehensive introductory textbook that explores the critical
intersection between film and culture and will be suitable for use at both
undergraduate and graduate levels.

UPDATE: Teaching Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms (7/15/03; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 7:37pm
tylers

UPDATE: there was an incorrect zip code in the first version of this
posting. The correct zip code is 45402.

CALL FOR PAPERS ON TEACHING A FAREWELL TO ARMS: Contributors are sought for
a collection of essays on teaching A Farewell to Arms. The book will be
part of a University of Idaho Press series including The Teaching of
Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, edited by Peter Hays and due out in spring
2003. Contributors should have experience teaching the novel; we hope that
secondary school as well as undergraduate and graduate classrooms can all be
represented.

CFP: Peer English Journal (5/31/03; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 6:08pm
Louttit, C.J.

Peer English

Call for Papers

Peer English (ISSN 1474-8959) is a new, refereed academic journal
published by members of the research community in the Department of
English at the University of Leicester. Aiming to become the leading
journal in its field, Peer English is envisaged as a forum within which
the ideas and research that will go on to shape the future of English
Studies can be published and discussed.

CFP: James Baldwin and Toni Morrison (9/1/03; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 6:06pm
Lovalerie King

        Call for Critical or Theoretical Comparative Essays on the Fiction
        and Nonfiction of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
        
        for a Special Issue of
        
        COLLEGE LITERATURE
        
        We seek essays that address the following:
        
        RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
        IDENTITY (racial, sexual, or otherwise)
        LOVE and/or DESIRE
        RELIGION
        MUSIC
        
        Submit finished 8,000-10,000 word essays, following The Chicago
        Manual of Style, 14th Ed., no later than September 1, 2003 to one
        of the guest editors below:
        

CFP: James Baldwin and Toni Morrison (9/1/03; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 6:06pm
Lovalerie King

        Call for Critical or Theoretical Comparative Essays on the Fiction
        and Nonfiction of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
        
        for a Special Issue of
        
        COLLEGE LITERATURE
        
        We seek essays that address the following:
        
        RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
        IDENTITY (racial, sexual, or otherwise)
        LOVE and/or DESIRE
        RELIGION
        MUSIC
        
        Submit finished 8,000-10,000 word essays, following The Chicago
        Manual of Style, 14th Ed., no later than September 1, 2003 to one
        of the guest editors below:
        

CFP: Medieval Forum (9/15/03; e-journal)

updated: 
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 5:57pm
Medlit

Medieval Forum, an electronic journal for the promotion of
scholarship in Medieval English Literature, invites submissions for
its third volume. MF is dedicated to providing a venue for the free
exchange of ideas in a collegial, public forum environment. Critical
essays on works from any genre or period of the medieval corpus are
invited, and a humanistic orientation is encouraged. Although the
focus of MF is on literature, articles from other disciplines,
particularly cultural and historical, that will contribute to the
study of literature are welcome. Book reviews are also invited.

CFP: Medieval Forum (9/15/03; e-journal)

updated: 
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 5:57pm
Medlit

Medieval Forum, an electronic journal for the promotion of
scholarship in Medieval English Literature, invites submissions for
its third volume. MF is dedicated to providing a venue for the free
exchange of ideas in a collegial, public forum environment. Critical
essays on works from any genre or period of the medieval corpus are
invited, and a humanistic orientation is encouraged. Although the
focus of MF is on literature, articles from other disciplines,
particularly cultural and historical, that will contribute to the
study of literature are welcome. Book reviews are also invited.

CFP: Teaching Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms (7/15/03; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 5:56pm
tylers

CALL FOR PAPERS ON TEACHING A FAREWELL TO ARMS: Contributors are sought for
a collection of essays on teaching A Farewell to Arms. The book will be
part of a University of Idaho Press series including The Teaching of
Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, edited by Peter Hays and due out in spring
2003. Contributors should have experience teaching the novel; we hope that
secondary school as well as undergraduate and graduate classrooms can all be
represented.

CFP: Iraq War Culture (4/4/03; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 9:06pm
Joe Lockard

BAD SUBJECTS

Emergency Call for Papers: Iraq War Culture

Bad Subjects(http://eserver.org/bs) calls for essays for an Extra Bad! issue
on the culture of the Iraq War. This is an unscheduled issue that responds
to the immediate US invasion of Iraq and the massive global anti-war
movement in opposition. The deadline for draft essays will be Friday, April
4 and the issue will appear on Monday, April 7, 2003.

CFP: Iraq War Culture (4/4/03; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 9:06pm
Joe Lockard

BAD SUBJECTS

Emergency Call for Papers: Iraq War Culture

Bad Subjects(http://eserver.org/bs) calls for essays for an Extra Bad! issue
on the culture of the Iraq War. This is an unscheduled issue that responds
to the immediate US invasion of Iraq and the massive global anti-war
movement in opposition. The deadline for draft essays will be Friday, April
4 and the issue will appear on Monday, April 7, 2003.

CFP: James Baldwin (5/1/03; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:30pm
ceh_at_odin.english.udel.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

In 2003, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of
James Baldwin's provocative narrative *Go Tell It On The Mountain*. To
celebrate this achievement, MAWA Review will devote its Winter issue to
the discussion of Baldwin's novel. We solicit your help in making this
issue a successful one. The editorial board invites papers for possible
consideration in this issue on a variety of topics related to the
prominent themes in Baldwin's narrative:

CFP: James Baldwin (5/1/03; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:30pm
ceh_at_odin.english.udel.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

In 2003, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of
James Baldwin's provocative narrative *Go Tell It On The Mountain*. To
celebrate this achievement, MAWA Review will devote its Winter issue to
the discussion of Baldwin's novel. We solicit your help in making this
issue a successful one. The editorial board invites papers for possible
consideration in this issue on a variety of topics related to the
prominent themes in Baldwin's narrative:

CFP: Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora (5/30/03; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:30pm
Jose Torres-Padilla

X-posted from MELUS

Please circulate widely:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Submissions are invited for a collection of critical essays tentatively
titled, Writing Of(f) the Hyphen: Critical Perspectives on the
Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Our goal is to include
essays covering a wide range of topics, genres and authors that
collectively would offer a broad sense of the literature's development
and presence. We prefer original essays written in English.
Previously published essays will be considered.
 

Please submit a 2 page abstract or proposal (500-700 words), along with
C.V., by May 30, 2003 to:

 

CFP: Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora (5/30/03; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:30pm
Jose Torres-Padilla

X-posted from MELUS

Please circulate widely:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Submissions are invited for a collection of critical essays tentatively
titled, Writing Of(f) the Hyphen: Critical Perspectives on the
Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Our goal is to include
essays covering a wide range of topics, genres and authors that
collectively would offer a broad sense of the literature's development
and presence. We prefer original essays written in English.
Previously published essays will be considered.
 

Please submit a 2 page abstract or proposal (500-700 words), along with
C.V., by May 30, 2003 to:

 

CFP: Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora (5/30/03; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:30pm
Jose Torres-Padilla

X-posted from MELUS

Please circulate widely:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Submissions are invited for a collection of critical essays tentatively
titled, Writing Of(f) the Hyphen: Critical Perspectives on the
Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Our goal is to include
essays covering a wide range of topics, genres and authors that
collectively would offer a broad sense of the literature's development
and presence. We prefer original essays written in English.
Previously published essays will be considered.
 

Please submit a 2 page abstract or proposal (500-700 words), along with
C.V., by May 30, 2003 to:

 

CFP: Literary London: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Representation of London (8/1/03; e-journal)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:30pm
Lawrence Phillips

The Literary London Journal is pleased to announce publication of the
inaugural edition of the Journal and to invite submissions for the
second issue which will be published on 14th September 2003. The
deadline for submissions to be considered for this issue is 1st August
2003. The first issue is now online at http://www.literarylondon.org
<http://www.literarylondon.org/> and includes:
 
Brian Baker - 'Maps of the London Underground: Iain Sinclair and Michael
Moorcock's Psychogeography of the City'
Erik Bond - 'Westminster, London, and the Female Guide: Self-Knowledge

CFP: Thomas More (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:29pm
David Baker

X-posted from FICINO

I will be editing issue 154 of "Moreana," and I invite contributions from
interested scholars. Essays might address More, his circle, and/or the
times in which he lived.

Please send all submissions to: David Baker, Department of English,
Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ 07102

David Baker

CFP: Thomas More (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:29pm
David Baker

X-posted from FICINO

I will be editing issue 154 of "Moreana," and I invite contributions from
interested scholars. Essays might address More, his circle, and/or the
times in which he lived.

Please send all submissions to: David Baker, Department of English,
Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ 07102

David Baker

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