UPDATE: The Forgotten 1870s and 1880s (3/15/03; MLA '03)

Update: This panel is a Victorian studies panel (i.e. British literature
in the very broadest sense).

CFP: The Forgotten 1870s and 1880s (3/15/03; MLA '03)

This proposed special session for the 2003 MLA seeks to examine the
period between the well-studied 1860s and the 1890s in Victorian
studies. These years are usually viewed as merely transitional years
between the middle and latter parts of the nineteenth century, but, more
significantly, they act as a mixing point for cultural and literary
trends of the periods between which they lie.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:
*Writers and figures who span the transition OR whose first works or
last works appear during this period
*Disappearing and/or burgeoning genres, literary movements
       -between sensation fiction and new woman fiction
       -between realism and aestheticism
       -Pre-Raphaelitism and decadence
       -the influence of French realism
       -the impact of working class writing
Papers that challenge any of the easy distinctions above are
particularly encouraged.

Please send 1-2 page abstracts, a CV, and contact information to
lhager_at_english.ufl.edu or
                            Lisa Hager
                            Department of English
                            4008 Turlington Hall
                            PO Box 117310
                            Gainesville, FL 32611-7310

Deadline for all submissions is March 15, 2003.

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