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CFP 'Fictions, Facts and “Effects of Reality”: Questioning the Mimetic in the Nineteenth-Century Novel'.
The journal 'English Literature: Theories, Interpretations, Contexts', published at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, invites scholars to send article proposals on the topic of 'Fictions, Facts and “Effects of Reality”: Questioning the Mimetic in the Nineteenth-Century Novel'. We shall be happy to consider essays that address and problematize the mimetic in the nineteenth-century novel (British, American and in English), highlighting the relationship between fictional and non-fictional elements and focussing on the framing strategies –descriptive, rhetorical, pertaining to plotting and characterization, etc.– of referential material that confer an “air of reality” on works of fiction.
The deadline for sending proposal and abstract is May 1st, 2019. See attached doc for more details and information.
'English Literature: Theories, Interpretations, Contexts' is journal devoted to a multidisciplinary approach to literature, to its relations with the various fields of knowledge, with culture, society, science, and the arts. It is indexed in ERIH-plus, MLA Directory of periodicals, Crossref, DOAJ. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus database. -
CFP: MLA 2019 Transatlantic Romanticisms Reviewed
THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, CHICAGO, JANUARY 3-6, 2019
SESSION SPONSORED BY THE NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ROMANTICISM (NASSR)
Proposals are invited for the following guaranteed session sponsored by NASSR at the 2019 MLA. NASSR is an MLA-affiliated organisation.
TRANSATLANTIC ROMANTICISMS REVIEWED
The session explores new ways of thinking about British and European Romantic writing with a transatlantic period context or significance, or that contributes to current debates with a transatlantic studies perspective. We are keen to receive proposals for papers that address any of the following: (a) innovative areas of investigation in Romantic poetry and prose, especially where there is an establishment or critique of American connections (b) new critical approaches (c) theoretical positions. The aim of the panel is to generate original discussion about transatlantic aspects of Romanticism as we approach the third decade of the 21st century.
Please send abstracts (maximum of 350-words) and a short resumé explaining your interest in the session topic by 18th March 2018 to Susan Oliver at soliver@essex.ac.uk
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Call for Papers: MLA Convention 2019 NASSR Session Transatlantic Romanticisms Reviewed
THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, CHICAGO, JANUARY 3-6, 2019
SESSION SPONSORED BY THE NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ROMANTICISM (NASSR)
Proposals are invited for the following guaranteed session sponsored by NASSR at the 2019 MLA. NASSR is an MLA-affiliated organisation.
TRANSATLANTIC ROMANTICISMS REVIEWED
The session explores new ways of thinking about British and European Romantic writing with a transatlantic period context or significance, or that contributes to current debates with a transatlantic studies perspective. We are keen to receive proposals for papers that address any of the following: (a) innovative areas of investigation in Romantic poetry and prose, especially where there is an establishment or critique of American connections (b) new critical approaches (c) theoretical positions. The aim of the panel is to generate original discussion about transatlantic aspects of Romanticism as we approach the third decade of the 21st century.
Please send abstracts (maximum of 350-words) and a short resumé explaining your interest in the session topic by 18th March 2018 to Susan Oliver at soliver@essex.ac.uk