Call for Papers:
Society of Early Americanists's Biennial Conference
Norfolk, Virginia, March 8-10, 2001
Panel: Interactions between German and English Print Cultures in
Eighteenth-Century America
In his latest book, "Becoming America: the revolution before 1776,"
historian Jon Butler ascertained the ethnic, religious, and political
diversity of eighteenth-century American society as its most conspicuous
quality. This panel approaches the stunning pluralism of colonial America
through the manifold and complex interactions between German and
Anglo-American print cultures.
Throughout the eighteenth century, German and English printers such as
Christoph Saur and Benjamin Franklin issued a variety of popular
publications, including newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, and religious
tracts. Presenters on this panel may examine how these publications both
enforced and mediated disparate spiritual, political, and social
sensibilities. In what way did the printing presses and their
publications cause or erase frictions between English and German immigrant
groups? Where did print culture maintain transatlantic ties, and where
did it break down ethnic divisions in order to forge distinctly colonial
identities?
Papers may examine the general role of print culture in the interaction
between German and English immigrant groups, focus on individual genres
such as religious tracts and political pamphlets, or discuss the treatment
of specific issues and events across ethnic boundaries. Interdisciplinary
approaches are especially encouraged.
Please mail or e-mail 1-2 page proposals (by Sept. 15) to:
Patrick Erben
Department of English
302 N. Callaway Center
537 Kilgo Circle
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
perben@emory.edu
or
perben@learnlink.emory.edu
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