Because of the week's events, I have extended the deadline for this
panel until Thursday, September 20.
Call for Papers. Northeast Modern Language Association, Toronto, April 12-13
Panel: Bloodlines in the German Romantic Period
Blood has always been radically overdetermined as a symbol and a substance.
Representing family, race and nationality, blood also signified life, and
spilt blood its sacrifice, in a time when the absence of the heartbeat
defined death. And yet, as an element in transubstantiation, blood partook
figuratively in hopes for immortality. In addition, blood was tied to
sexuality in medical and literary discourse in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries, while simultaneously expressing modesty in the blush.
Papers may address any aspect of blood in German literature and culture in
the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Papers which connect
two disciplines, such as natural history and literature, or art history and
aesthetics are particularly welcome.
Possible topics include:
Race
Family feuds
Incest
War / Violence
Blood rituals
Blood libel
Blushing / blanching
Menstruation
Passion
One page abstracts must be received by September 20 by mail or e-mail.
Please send your abstract in the body of your message rather than as an
attachment.
Send abstracts and inquires to:
Stefani Engelstein
Department of German and Russian Studies
451 General Classroom Building
Columbia, Missouri 65211-4170
(573) 882-9450
Fax (573) 884-8456
engelsteins@missouri.edu (Note: This e-mail address is preferable to that
given in the NEMLA Newsletter.)
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