Modernist Studies Association
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2002
MSA site: msa.press.uhu.edu
'The discovery of America was the beginning of the death of Art.' (Wilde)
I am seeking submissions for a proposed three-person panel for the 2002
meeting of the Modernist Studies Association. The panel will explore the
complex relationship between Modernism and late nineteenth-century
Aestheticism. Recent work by scholars such as Jonathan Freedman has
challenged traditional readings of Modernism as either a fulfilment or a
betrayal of the Aesthetic movement and calls for a re-examination of the
negotiations Modernists and their critics make with the legacy of
Aestheticism.
Papers that deal with the impact of the Aesthetic movement on American
Modernists are particularly welcome. How did nation inflect the interest
Modernists had in Aestheticism? What sorts of anxieties were felt by
artists raised on American myths of democracy and progress when they drew
upon the literature of aristocratic decline? Did the Aesthetic movement
pose special difficulties for American Modernists? Did it hold special
appeal?
Papers might consider topics such as
--Ex-patriots and Aestheticism
--The Yellow 'Nineties and the Jazz Age
--Aestheticism and the American South
--The Aesthetic movement in the American cultural marketplace
--The American dandy
Please submit a 150-200 word abstract, CV, and contact information by
April 15, 2002. E-mail submissions are preferred.
Send all information to:
Lucas Tromly
Dept. of English
University of Toronto
7 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ont.
Canada
M5S 3K1
E-mail: ltromly@chass.utoronto.ca
Please note that all presenters must be members of the MSA.
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