Call for Papers for a proposed panel at the 2002 Modernist Studies
Association Conference
Modern Studies Association
Fourth Annual Conference
University of Wisconsin, Madison
October 31 - November 3, 2002
MSA Website: http://msa.press.jhu.edu/
Presenters must become members of the MSA.
Panel Title: Women Producing Modernism
Modernism is an especially intense period of collaboration between
writers and book producers (editors, publishers, patrons, anthologists,
and bookstore owners) because of the alternatives to commercial
publication offered by small presses and little magazines. The extent to
which women were active in modernism as literary producers is
unprecedented and under-theorized. As Robert McAlmon noted of James
Joyce’s female collaborators: “It is some kind of commentary on the
period that Joyce’s work and acclaim should be fostered by high-minded
ladies, rather than by men” (Being Geniuses Together [1938]). But what
kind of commentary on modernism is this? How did modernist women
conceive of their work as editors and publishers? What did men and women
writers make of their female collaborators? How do the discourses of
amateurism and professionalism inflect this gendered field of
production?
All approaches and/or perspectives on this topic are welcome,
particularly abstracts focused on specific examples of women working as
editors, publishers, etc. 200 - 300 word abstracts should be received by
April 15, 2002. Please include a short version of your c.v. along with
your paper proposal.
Send abstracts or inquiries, by e-mail or otherwise, to:
Catherine Hollis
catherine.hollis@lawrence.edu
Assistant Professor, English Department
Lawrence University
P.O. Box 599
Appleton, WI 54912
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