CFP: Edith Wharton and Film (12/31/02; ALA, 5/22/03-5/25/03)

From: Edie Thornton (ediepage@charter.net)
Date: Thu Sep 26 2002 - 13:27:52 EDT


Call for Papers for the ALA, May 22-25, 2003, Cambridge, MA

Edith Wharton and Film Panel

Seeking proposals on any aspect of Edith Wharton's engagement with film
for a panel sponsored by the Edith Wharton Society. Papers might
consider film adaptation of her works from any perspective, evolution of
Wharton films over time, the use of visual tropes in the texts/film,
cultural pressures at work on her adaptations in their specific
historical context, relationship of film adaptations to other visual
representations of her work (theater, illustration, etc), reception,
Wharton as a filmic commodity, the relationship of changing technologies
to the film adaptations, etc.

Send or email proposals of approximately 500 words plus a 1-2 page cv to
Edie Thornton by December 31, 2002, at: or 2325 Oakridge Avenue,
Madison, WI 53704.

Edie Thornton

Assistant Professor of English

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

800 West Main Street

Whitewater, WI 53190-1790

phone: 608-242-0167

fax: 262-472-1037

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