Call for papers for a panel on Literature and Social Justice at the 2003
NEMLA Convention in Boston, March 6 –9.
In _Poetic Justice_, Martha Nussbaum argues for the potential of
imaginative literature to exert influence on the creation of a better
citizenry and a more equitable society for all its members. She presents
the possibility that literature can foster “an ethical stance that asks
us to concern ourselves with the good of other people whose lives are
distant from our own” (xvi). This panel invites proposals on imaginative
literature by American and British writers for critical papers that
articulate a justice of mercy and compassion towards those
marginalized/disadvantaged by class, gender, race or other variables.
Deadline for submission of one-page proposals or completed papers is
September 15, 2002.
Please send submissions and queries to:
rbode@trentu.ca
or hard copies to:
Rita Bode, Ph.D.
98 Lytton Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4R 1L4
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