Call For Papers
1999 SAMLA Convention (Atlanta, GA, 4-6 November)
Textual and Bibliographical Studies
The Textual and Bibliographical Studies section of the South Atlantic Modern
Language Association is seeking papers for its session at the 1999 SAMLA
convention. The session will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication
of Fredson Bowers' landmark Principles of Bibliographical Description. The
organisers are particularly interested in papers that extend the ideas
initiated by Bowers and developed further by scholars like G. Thomas Tanselle.
Possible subjects might include:
* How has the practice of descriptive bibliography evolved
in different literary periods or genres?
* Do different authors, booksellers or publishers require
different descriptive models?
* How does descriptive bibliography fit into the larger field
of graduate education?
* Is it possible to accommodate emerging digital technologies
into traditional descriptive practices?
* How might we use Principles to describe electronic texts and
literary databases?
Ideally the session will look ahead to the ways in which Bowers' Principles
might be employed in the next 50 years.
The deadline for proposals is 15 April 1999, and speakers must be members of
SAMLA in order to participate. Please send a brief (250-500 word) proposal
for a 15-20 minute paper to:
with the subject line "SAMLA 99" or by post to:
David L. Gants
Department of English
254 Park Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-6205
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