The Impact of the Journalist-Critic, 1900-1940 (MLA '01)
Papers are solicited that address the powerful influence of non-academic
critics and reviewers writing in magazines and newspapers on modern American
letters and criticism. Papers might discuss H.L. Mencken=B9s American Mercury,
Edmund Wilson as editor at Vanity Fair and The New Republic, Carl Van Doren
in The Nation and Century Magazine, Floyd Dell in the Masses, Lewis Mumford
in the Seven Arts, Burton Rascoe=B9s book reviews for Chicago newspapers, or
the work of any important editor or book reviewer. Papers that focus on
literary journals such as Harriet Monroe=B9s Poetry are also welcome. A paper
may look at a particular work in the context of the periodical in which it
made its first appearance, an important author-editor relationship, the
impact of social and political criticism on American literary taste, the
dichotomy between academic and journalistic criticism, or any other topic
relating to journalistic criticism in the first four decades of the
twentieth century.
Complete papers suitable for a 20-minute presentation may be sent by March
15, 2001, to Gail Shivel at the University of Miami, Department of English,
321 Ashe Building, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-4632. Submissions may be
made by e-mail: <shivel@earthlink.net>.
Authors of papers selected for the proposed panel will be asked to submit a
vita and a one-page abstract.
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