2004 M/MLA Annual ConventionNovember 4-7, St. Louis, Missouri
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Proposed Special Session: "Anarchism and Literature"
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Studies of the complex historical relationship between the anarchist =
movement and literary avant-gardes have proliferated since the publication =
of Richard Sonn's Anarchism and Cultural Politics in Fin-de-Si=E8cle =
France (1989) and David Weir's Anarchy and Culture (1995). What once =
might have seemed a curiosity now appears to have been central to the =
development of literary aesthetics: from the Pre-Raphaelites to the =
Symbolists, from the Expressionists to the Dadas, and from Pound's =
Vorticism to the Black Mountain poets, modernism is marked by anarchist =
struggles. This panel is an open invitation for papers that explore this =
conjunction between the aesthetic and the political. Possible topics =
include, but are not restricted to: The influence of anarchism on specific =
authors or literary worksLiterary works by anarchists and their political =
fellow-travellers (e.g., Ba Jin, Hugo Ball, Kenneth Rexroth, Louise =
Michel)The symbolic role of "anarchist" characters in literary worksAnarchi=
st critiques of representation and literary/cultural strugglesLiterature =
that bears witness to moments in anarchist history * e.g., the Spanish =
Civil War, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Lawrence strikeAnarchist aesthetics as =
part of labor culture (e.g., the Wobblies, the CNT)Saint Louis's anarcho-li=
terary connections (e.g., Magon's newspaper Regeneracion, Emma Goldman's =
speeches, the anarchic "Reign of the Rabble" in the 1877 Railroad =
Strike)What makes a literary text "anarchist"?Literary criticism by =
anarchists (e.g., Emma Goldman, Voltairine de Cleyre, Dora Marsden, =
Herbert Read, Paul Goodman): how does ideology inform interpretation?What =
is anarchist literary theory?What's next for anarchist studies in the =
discipline of English?Send abstracts by April 15th, 2004 to: Jesse =
CohnDept. of EnglishPurdue University North Central1401 South U.S. =
421Westville, Indiana 46391 E-Mail: jcohn@pnc.edu (office)Phone: (219) =
785-5328 (office)=20
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