Calls for Papers ArchiveCall for Papers Howells Panel at NEMLA 2009 Paper proposals are invited for a panel on Howells's treatment of love and marriage, for the Northeast MLA Convention in Boston, Feb. 26-March 1, 2009. Papers may deal with one or more works and may center on any topic, such as race, gender, psychology, social class, as it relates to the subject of the panel. Please send 300-500 word abstracts by September 15, 2008, to Elsa Nettels, exnett@wm.edu or by mail to Elsa Nettels, 211 Indians Springs Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185.W.D. Howells Society 2008 ALA Panel Topics / Calls for papers
1. The International Howells The William Dean Howells Society invites paper proposals addressing “The International Howells” for the 2008 ALA Convention in San Francisco (22-25 May, 2008). Paper topics are invited on any aspect of Howells’s work that touches on the international: fiction; criticism and reviews; travel writing, etc. 2. The Domestic Howells The William Dean Howells Society invites paper proposals addressing “The Domestic Howells” for the 2008 ALA Convention in San Francisco (22-25 May, 2008). Paper topics are invited on any aspect of Howells’s work touching on the “domestic”: fiction set in the U.S.; fiction examining domestic life; criticism and reviews; autobiography; reportage and non-fiction, etc. For either panel, please send a 500-word abstract and a brief c.v. (separate MS Word attachments) by 7 January, 2008 to Rob Davidson: rgdavidson@csuchico.edu. Or post to: Dr. Rob Davidson Dept. of English Taylor Hall California State University, Chico Chico, CA 95929-0830
Call for Proposals 1. Howells’s Reviews. For a panel in the program of the 2007 American Literature Association annual convention, the William Dean Howells Society invites paper proposals that examine the work of William Dean Howells in reviews. Possible topics may include Howells’s own publications as a book reviewer, other critics’ reviews of Howells’s work, or Howells’s responses to the work of other reviewers. Please send by January 8, 2007 paper proposals no longer than 500 words and copy of cv to Claudia Stokes at Claudia.stokes@trinity.edu or by post to Claudia Stokes, Trinity University, Dept of English, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 2. Howells and Marriage. For a panel in the program of the 2007 American Literature Association annual convention, the William Dean Howells Society invites paper proposals that examine marriage in Howells’s life and work. Possible topics may include his literary depictions of marriage, his writings about marriage in literary criticism and reviews, Howells’s own marriage, or his engagement in contemporary marital controversies. Please send by January 8, 2007 paper proposals no longer than 500 words and copy of cv to Claudia Stokes at Claudia.stokes@trinity.edu or by post to Claudia Stokes, Trinity University, Dept of English, 1Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212American Literature Association Conference 2006 Deadline: January 8, 2006 1. Howells and Women Call for Papers: American Literature Association 2005 Deadline: January 1, 2005 The William Dean Howells Society will sponsor two sessions at the
American Literature Association conference on May 26-29 in Boston,
MA. 1. Howells and Others Proposals should be sent to Susan Goodman by January 1 at the latest; either by email: sgoodman@udel.edu or mail: Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
*********************** Call for Articles ********************************************************** ****************** Howells Session at SCMLA (October 2004) There will be a special session at the South Central Modern Language
Association Conference held in New Orleans October 28- 30, 2004
on the topic, "William Dean Howells's America", chaired by Dr. Jerome
Loving. One of the three papers to be presented includes "Howells's Translation
of Culture" by Susan Goodman and Carl Dawson. |
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