While J.R.R. Tolkien professed to dislike the works of William
Shakespeare, he was intimately familiar with many of the plays and was
arguably influenced in many ways by Shakespeare's writings. I am looking
for scholarly but accessible papers of 6,000 to 9,000 words on the topic
of Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien. This collection already includes
essays on themes from Macbeth in The Lord of the Rings, war and glory in
Henry V and The Lord of the Rings, the mythical function of forests and
trees, and catharsis in Tolkien and Shakespeare. Additional topics I
would like to include are the conception of elves for both authors,
Gollum and Caliban, the role of women, and women warriors. Other topics

NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: DECEMBER 10

Schreiner University is accepting submissions for the third issue of:

ILLUMINATIONS: AN UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL OF ARTS AND LETTERS

Illuminations, an online, peer-reviewed, international journal of arts and
letters, offers undergraduate students an opportunity to publish works both
critical and creative.

Submission Deadline: December 12, 2004

Submission Categories:
· Scholarly Critical Articles
· Creative Non-Fiction
· Book and Movie Reviews
· Short Fiction
· Poetry
· Art (photography, 2-D work, or sculpture)

CFP: Companion to 20th C. British Poetry (no deadline; book)

In light of the recent growth of masculinity studies across all
disciplines, we are soliciting articles for an edited volume devoted to
masculinities in African literature and cinema.

In light of the recent growth of masculinity studies across all
disciplines, we are soliciting articles for an edited volume devoted to
masculinities in African literature and cinema.

Papers are invited for an edited volume of essays on the performance of
identity within and through Australian protests, marches, parades and
processions.

Extended Deadline for abstracts December 20th 2004

Preliminary Title: Parading Ourselves: claiming space and identity on the
streets

Edible Ideologies: Representing Food and Meaning

CALL FOR PAPERS

We seek submissions for an interdisciplinary collection devoted to the
examination of how representations (literary, filmic, artistic, etc.) of
food and foodways serve as vehicles for the transmission of ideologies
about gender, sex, race, class, age, ethnicity, disability, and a host
of other identity constructs. Essays that provide a comparative
analysis of multiple representations are preferred to those that examine
just one text, although the latter will be considered. All submissions
should go beyond a mere "close read" to discuss the social and political
context and implications of the meaning of the representations.