William Blake and His Influence

Papers are welcome on William Blake and his influence on any one of the many artists or movements he impacted, including not only literature but visual arts and music: including but not limited to the Pre-Raphaelites, the Ancients, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Ginsberg and the Beats, Van Morrison, Billy Bragg, Patti Smith, composer William Bolcom, -- not to mention popular writers like Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas Harris, etc. What do the artists "half create/And what perceive" in their own vision of William Blake? What is Blake's legacy today? Josephine McQuail or mail to Professor J. McQuail, Box 5053, 5 William L. Jones Dr., Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville TN 38505 USA Call(931) 372-6207 for more info; fax (931) 372-3484. Proposals (abstracts or completed papers) must be RECEIVED by Sept. 30, 2009. Papers cannot be read in absentia, proposers must join NeMLA after their abstract or proposal has been accepted and register for the convention. See www.nemla.org for more information about NeMLA,the convention, and other CFPs.