renaissance

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At the most recent meeting of the American Comparative Literature =
Association in San Marcos, the outgoing president lamented the fact that =
almost 90% of comparative literature sessions in recent years have been =
devoted to relatively modern texts and issues. What has happened to pre- =
and early modern topics in comparative literature?=20

Please forward the following to scholars on your campus:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference:
Early Modern Shapes
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
May 6-8, 2004

Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society and Western
Washington University. Plenary speakers will be announced.

One-page abstracts, session, and roundtable proposals are welcome in any
area of Renaissance Studies, including art, history, literature, music,
philosophy, science, and theology. In particular, submissions are
invited on the following topics:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Announcement of a Call for Papers to Appear in a New Collection

Negotiating the Sacred and Profane in Early Modern Literature

Essays are now being accepted for a new publication of essays, presently
entitled Negotiating the Sacred and Profane in Early Modern Literature.
These essays should consider the relationship between the sacred and
profane in the poetry, prose, and/or dramatic literature of the early
modern period. Essays might focus on a specific work or consider
broader issues and their relationship to one or more early modern
writers.

Please send a one-page abstract, in hardcopy or by e-mail, to Dr. Mary
A. Papazian by September 15, 2003.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Performing Maternity in Early Modern England

Editors seeking articles for a proposed book-length collection entitled
Performing Maternity in Early Modern England. Finished articles should be
between 5000-8000 words (detailed proposals will be considered), and should
explore the representation of early modern English maternity and the extent
to which it became a locus of concern socially, culturally, religiously,
poetically, narratively, and dramatically.

Contributions are sought for a collection of essays addressing connections
between oral traditions--including folktales and folklore--and gender in
early modern literature. Send completed papers (no more than 5,000 words)or
abstracts by June 1, 2004 to both Karen Bamford <kbamford_at_mta.ca> and Mary
Ellen Lamb <marylamb_at_siu.edu>.

Karen Bamford
Associate Professor
Dept. of English, Mount Allison University
63D York St., Sackville, NB, Canada, E4L 1G9
phone: 506-364-2550; fax:506-364-2524
e-mail: kbamford_at_mta.ca

CFP: Volume: _Milton and Popular Culture_, ed. Gregory M. Colon
Semenza and Laura L. Knoppers.

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        Call for Articles

The spring issue of Shakespeare magazine (7.2) will be devoted to
Shakespeare and Technology. We are seeking articles about film and
video, audio, interesting and useful Web sites, CD Roms, digital video,
etc. Those articles that emphasize teaching are especially needed.

If you'd like to contribute or have an idea or a suggestion, please
contact me directly.

Thanks,

Michael LoMonico, Editor
mike_at_lomonico.com
Shakespeare Magazine
10 Mapleshade Lane
Stony Brook, NY 11790
631.689.7619
http://www.shakespearemag.com

Call For Papers

We are soliciting submissions for an upcoming collection of essays entitled
Almost Shakespeare: Appropriations of Shakespeare in Film and Telelvision
to be published by McFarland.

The volume will address the appropriation of Shakespearean narratives,
thematics, imagery, and characterizations in non-Shakespearean cinema and
television. For example, the essays may observe the dialogue between the
Shakespearean source and the cinematic context or examine the intersection of
high and low art forms. The submissions should not concentrate on films of
Shakespearean plays, but instead on those works that are based on or borrow
from Shakespeare.

I would like to invite submissions to a collection of new essays on the
seventeenth-century writer, Thomas Traherne. 2003 will mark the 100 year
anniversary of Dobell's first edition of Traherne's poetry, so the timing is
right for such a collection. The general theme is "new approaches to
Traherne," and that can be interpreted broadly. All scholarly ranks are
encouraged to submit. Major university presses have already expressed
initial interest in the project. Begin by sending a detailed
prospectus/abstract and a brief C.V. to:

Jacob Blevins
Department of Languages
McNeese State University
Lake Charles LA 70609-2655

Questions can be emailed to blevinsjake_at_aol.com.

EARLY THEATRE 5.1 (2002) (journal)

Beginning in 2002, EARLY THEATRE will be publishing 2 issues a year, one =
in June and the other in December. We are always interested in =
receiving an article or note on any aspect of early modern performance =
or theatre history, and are still reviewing material for our December =
issue. =20

The editorship of _Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture,
1660-1700_ is passing from the capable hands of Jack Armistead
at Tennessee Tech to J. Douglas Canfield at the University of Arizona
beginning with vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring 2002).

Announcing a new series from Ashgate Publishing Company

Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity

Series Editors:
Mary Thomas Crane, Boston College and
Henry S. Turner, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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