Detailed Abstracts or Detailed Proposals sought for a proposed collection=
of essays to be called: D.H. Lawrence Around the World. A proposed col=
lection that encompasses D.H. Lawrence in a world (global) context. =20
As an important modernist writer, D.H. Lawrence questioned (psychological=
ly, culturally, philosophically) the conventional-notion of self/identity=
in his poetry, fiction, and essays. The boundary between Lawrence=E2=80=
=99s creative works and travel writing is sometimes fuzzy. See, for exam=
ple, Lawrence=E2=80=99s travel narratives on Italy and Mexico. But, ther=
e is much on Italy in the neglected novel The Lost Girl, much on Australi=
a in the neglected novel (co-authored) The Boy in the Bush (in addition t=
o Kangaroo), and much on Mexico in The Plumed Serpent (and other works). =
Lawrence=E2=80=99s letters and other writings include observations on an=
d reflections about place and other people in the context of place. Thus=
, within the Lawrence canon there is a goldmine of travel writing that ne=
eds to be analyzed and interpreted as such.
One aim of this collection would be to cover Lawrence around the world, n=
ot just in one locale, which a few other notable books have done. Lawren=
ce speaks to millions of people, from Korea and Japan to France and Italy=
. He traveled through Germany, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Ceylon (now Sri =
Lanka), New Zealand, Australia, the United States, New Mexico, and Mexico=
. The rationale for this volume would be to examine travel, especially f=
or Lawrence, as a means of escape from and an attempt at consummation tow=
ard: from conventional culture and a deadened post-war Europe toward a te=
ntative completion of the process of self-identity or fulfillment in cont=
ext with other people in other places. =20
Ideas, Topics, Themes, Approaches might include (but are not limited to):
The notion of self/identity in a global context; =20
Other people, the context of another place;
Lawrence as a modernist writer who travels;
Lawrence as Poet around the world;
Environmental or ecological;
The question of identity in essential, racial, ethnic, and national terms=
;
Philosophical (ethics; consciousness studies); =20
Cultural (postcolonial or multicultural theory); =20
Feminist (Frieda, especially);
New Historicist (interdisciplinary);
Marxist/materialist. =20
Detailed Abstracts or Detailed Proposals (300 to 500 words) and a Brief C=
V are desired by 15 October 2002. Early submissions are encouraged. (Pl=
ease include your email address.)
Material should be sent to:
Gregory F. Tague, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
Email submissions (attachments in MS-Word) are acceptable:
gtague@stfranciscollege.edu
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