CFP: Caroline Gordon (11/18; ALA, 5/24/01-5/28/01)

From: David Russell (dwr7@psu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 02 2000 - 00:20:11 EDT

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    A Reconsideration of the Work of Caroline Gordon

    I would like to propose a panel on Caroline Gordon for the 2001 American
    Literature Association Conference in Boston, with a special (though not
    exclusive) emphasis on her short fiction. Particular topics to consider
    might include:

    =B7 Gordon=92s work (both her fiction and her critical writings) in
    relationship to the work of Allen Tate and the other Fugitive Poets

    =B7 Gordon in comparison to some of her better known female
     contemporaries (Welty, O=92Connor, etc.)

    =B7 Gordon=92s revision/endorsement of the trope of the "Southern
     woman"

    =B7 Gordon=92s vision of the South and/or the Southern nation

    =B7 Gordon and theory

    =B7 Representations of violence in Gordon=92s works

    =B7 Representations of the body in Gordon=92s works

    Clearly other topics are possible as well. I would be especially
    interested in essays that positioned Gordon=92s works historically, though
    all approaches would be welcome.

    David Russell <dwr7@psu.edu>

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