LITERARY FADS AND FASHIONS
A Post-Graduate Conference to be held at
University of Nottingham
Provisional Date, 26-27 November 2004
Beyond the better-known movements of literary history lie a multi-
plicity of obscure literary fads and fashions, short-lived, perhaps, and
out of step with modern literary tastes, but important nonetheless
as part of a comprehensive understanding of cultural history. This
conference will focus on the rise and fall of fashions and trends in
the writing, reading, and criticism of English-language literature,
exploring specifically how these more obscure literary fashions
helped to define the cultural discourse of their generation and how
they can now inform our understanding of the broader movements
of cultural history. We welcome papers on both the historical
resurgence of previously popular literary trends and authors as well
as the advent of new literary trends altogether, especially short-lived
fads that were marginalised by their contemporaries or censured
by later literary standards.
The Conference organisers invite abstracts for twenty-minute
papers from any field of research, especially those from research
postgraduates.
Deadline 15 May 2004.
Papers are encouraged on moments of renewed interest in older
authors or genres (e.g. the 18th century and the folk ballad, the
19th century and Shakespeare, or contemporary Tolkienana), in
particular character types (e.g. the 18th century "noble savage" or
the Fin de Siecle dandy), and in particular periods or cultures (e.g.
the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood or the Irish Revival), as well as
papers on sensations caused by important but less-studied literary
circles (e.g. the Beat Poets or the Angry Young Men).
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent to:
Kristen Sipper
Nightingale Hall, University of Nottingham
Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
E-mail: aexkis@nottingham.ac.uk
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