UPDATE: Women's Caucus of the Midwest Modern Language Association (4/15/05; MMLA, 11/10/05-11/13/05)

UPDATE:

Women=92s Caucus of the Midwest Modern Language Association
2005 Conference, Nov. 10-13, Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee

Call expanded--second session added!

Forty years ago when we began to talk about =93the poetry of rock,=94 =
the=20
work of several (usually male) songwriters got a lot of serious=20
attention and English-major-style analysis. Since then we=92ve seen an=20=

expansion of ways of reading and of ideas about text. What=20
texts--literary, musical, visual--have rock women been reading and how=20=

do these texts influence their writing--words, music or both? What=20
does a close reading of an important song (or two) do for our=20
understanding and enjoyment? What can we learn about these writers=92=20=

creative process and quality of mind? Finally, what special reading=20
and writing happens when the source text comes from another rock woman?=20=

  Papers will examine specific works closely, trace sources, and draw=20
conclusions.

250-word abstracts by April 15 to

Patricia S. Rudden
English Department,
New York City College of Technology
300 Jay St. N512, Brooklyn NY 11201

prudden_at_citytech.cuny.edu

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