PLEASE NOTE OUR EXTENDED DEADLINE
"Reexamining the 'American Renaissance'"
ALA 2003 Conference Session and Prospective Special Issue of ESQ: A
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
Cambridge, MA, 22-25 May 2003
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 6 JANUARY 2003
Call for Proposals: Over the next year or two, we intend to develop
a substantial special issue of ESQ: A JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
RENAISSANCE that reexamines "the American Renaissance" as a
meaningful category for scholarly study--partly in order to reassert,
in a more explicit way, our interest in publishing work that
challenges traditional canonical associations of that category. We
hope to present this issue in tandem with a redesign of the journal,
a visual renovation to help emphasize a shift in outlook that has in
fact been underway for some time--toward an expansive interest in
critical innovation and diversity, going beyond the predominantly
historical focus for which the journal has been known.
A general discussion of this sort has, of course, been going on for
several decades, but because new kinds of scholarship that bear on
the idea of the American Renaissance are always gestating, the
relevancy and shape of the category merit revisitation--especially
for a journal subtitled as ours is and whose core subject has been
defined as "the romantic transcendental tradition emanating from New
England, of which Emerson is a principal figure."
Launching this special issue by means of a session at the next
American Literature Association conference in Cambridge,
Massachusetts (22-25 May 2003), strikes us as a productive approach.
In the interest of including as many people as possible, we have in
mind a round-table format: a panel made up of 5 or 6 scholars who
will present brief (5-10 minute) papers--prospective or speculative
in some sense, and intended to stimulate participation from the
audience. We hope to represent a variety of viewpoints--taking in,
among other possibilities, issues of gender, race, genre, and
political engagement, as well as alternative ways of conceiving of
literary history. Decisions about the final makeup of the panel and
eventually of the special issue will reflect this desire for a wide
range of approaches.
The extended deadline for submission of one-page paper proposals (in
finalized, not query, form) is 6 January 2003, so that we can shape
the session proposal in time to meet ALA's 30 January 2003 deadline.
Please send your presentation idea to us at argerj@mail.wsu.edu. You
can find general information about ALA and the upcoming conference
online at http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/
We would be glad to know of your interest in this panel, and we would
also appreciate your sharing the call for proposals with other
colleagues who may be thinking in relatively broad ways about the
American Renaissance; please feel free to post the notice on any
relevant listserv. If the ALA conference is not a possibility for you
but you would consider contributing to the special issue, do let us
know that as well.
Al von Frank, editor
Jana Argersinger, associate editor
ESQ: A JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
-- Jana Argersinger Associate Editor, ESQ/Poe Studies Secretary-Treasurer, Council of Editors of Learned Journals Department of English Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 509-335-4795 FAX 509-335-2582=============================================== From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List CFP@english.upenn.edu Full Information at http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/ or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu ===============================================
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