We are seeking a third paper to complete a panel entitled "The Complexities
and Mysteries of Reputation: Alexander Pope and Benjamin Franklin." The
session is already on the program for the meeting of the South Central
Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico, February
26-29, 2004.
We are particularly interested in papers that address the relationship(s)
between Franklin and Pope. Some possible topics might include: discussions
the work of the adolescent Franklin=B9s friend James Ralph, whose poetry Pope
lampooned in "The Dunciad"; the general relationship between Pope and Grub
Street literary culture, and his/its influence on Franklin=B9s literary
aesthetic; Pope=B9s self-conscious creation and maintenance of his public
celebrity and Franklin=B9s various print "personae"; the Scriblerus Club vs.
Franklin=B9s "junto"; English standards of prose style and Franklin=B9s
adaptations of Addison and the Spectator. In general, we welcome any
submission that considers any connection between Pope and Franklin, however
broadly construed.
Please send abstracts of 400-500 words, _as soon as possible_, but no later
than December 30, 2003, to either Professor Earl Ramsey, English Department,
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204. (email at
ceramsey@ualr.edu), or, Professor Colin T. Ramsey, Appalachian State
University, Boone, North Carolina 28608. (email at ramseyct@appstate.edu).
Electronic submissions are _encouraged_, but be certain to include the
abstract in the body of an email, rather than as an attachment.
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