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Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoIn this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk’s approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk’s tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]
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Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoIn this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk’s approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk’s tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]
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William Waters started the topic CFP "Situating Lyric" at Boston Univ. June 7-11, 2017 in the discussion
Poetry on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago“SITUATING LYRIC”
First biannual conference of International Network for the Study of Lyric
To be held at Boston University June 7–11, 2017 (CFP extended deadline: February 17, 2017)
The general theory of lyric is a developing field of study. After a period of relative neglect, a breakthrough moment seems to have arrived with multiple new model…[Read more]
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Michael Bérubé deposited Why Teach Literature? in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoContribution to “Why Teach Literature?” Program arranged by the forum TM The Teaching of Literature. Gaurav G. Desai, Tulane U, presiding.
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Suzanne del Gizzo started the topic Hemingway Society Founders' Fellowship: Updated Link in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoUpdated Link–the link in my first post did not work. Here is the post again with a working link. Thanks.
<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″>The Hemingway Foundation and Society invites applications for two $1000.00 Founders’ fellowships to support scholars working in Hemingway studies. Although the competition is open to all scholars, pre…[Read more] -
Tana Jean Welch started the topic UPDATE: Call for papers: American documentary poetics in the discussion
Poetry on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCFP: American Documentary Poetics
American Literature Association (ALA) 28th Annual Conference
May 25-28, 2017, Boston, MACall for papers on any topic related to American docupoetics/investigative poetics. Part documentary, part imagination, investigative poetry incorporates a variety of data and reportage into the poem—including photos and i…[Read more]
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Jonathan Grossman started the topic GS Prose Fiction panels at MLA 2017, Philadelphia in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago2017 GS Prose Fiction panels in Philadelphia
49. We Can’t Stop Talking about Elena Ferrante
Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 401-403, Philadelphia Marriott
Presiding: Hester Blum, Penn State Univ., University Park1. “The Function of Collaboration at the Present Time,” Sarah Blackwood, Pace Univ., New York; Sarah Mesle, Univ. of Southern Ca…[Read more]
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Jonathan Grossman started the topic GS Prose Fiction panels at MLA 2017, Philadelphia in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago<p style=”text-align: center;”>2017 GS Prose Fiction panels in Philadelphia</p>
49. We Can’t Stop Talking about Elena Ferrante
Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 401-403, Philadelphia Marriott
Presiding: Hester Blum, Penn State Univ., University Park1. “The Function of Collaboration at the Present Time,” Sarah Blackwood, Pace Univ., New York;
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Jonathan Grossman started the topic GS Prose Fiction panels at MLA 2017, Philadelphia in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago<p style=”text-align: center;”>2017 GS Prose Fiction panels in Philadelphia</p>
49. We Can’t Stop Talking about Elena Ferrante
Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 401-403, Philadelphia Marriott
Presiding: Hester Blum, Penn State Univ., University Park1. “The Function of Collaboration at the Present Time,” Sarah Blackwood, Pace Univ., New Yo…[Read more]
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Jonathan Grossman started the topic GS Prose Fiction panels at MLA 2017, Philadelphia in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago<p style=”text-align: center;”>2017 GS Prose Fiction panels in Philadelphia</p>
49. We Can’t Stop Talking about Elena Ferrante
Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 401-403, Philadelphia Marriott
Presiding: Hester Blum, Penn State Univ., University Park1. “The Function of Collaboration at the Present Time,” Sarah Blackwood, Pace Univ., New Yo…[Read more]
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Jonathan Grossman started the topic GS Prose Fiction panels at MLA 2017, Philadelphia in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago<p style=”text-align: center;”>2017 GS Prose Fiction panels in Philadelphia</p>
49. We Can’t Stop Talking about Elena Ferrante
Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 401-403, Philadelphia Marriott
Presiding: Hester Blum, Penn State Univ., University Park1. “The Function of Collaboration at the Present Time,” Sarah Blackwood, Pace Univ., New Yo…[Read more]
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Jonathan Grossman started the topic GS Prose Fiction panels at MLA 2017, Philadelphia in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago<p style=”text-align: center;”>2017 GS Prose Fiction panels in Philadelphia</p>
49. We Can’t Stop Talking about Elena Ferrante
Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 401-403, Philadelphia Marriott
<div id=”conv_program_details”>Presiding:<i> </i>Hester Blum, Penn State Univ., University Park
1. “The Function of Collaboration at the Present T…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic How to start–the short story in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago“How do I start a short story”? Edit
What method work best for you to start a short story? I have just had some productive use of the famed US writer Ray Bradbury’s “vomit in the morning, clean up in the afternoon” method. (Author of _Fahrenheit 451_, _The Martian Chronicles_, _The Illustrated Man_, etc.) Just allow your unconscious t…[Read more]
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Evie Shockley started the topic CSWP Panels at MLA 2017 in the discussion
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoGreetings, Colleagues!
On behalf of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, I’d like to invite you to the two linked panels we’ve organized for this year’s convention, which we hope will be of interest to many of you:
Friday, 6 January
<b>283. Embattled Rhetorics: Claiming Otherness, Recasting Privilege</b>
<i>12:00 noon–1:15 p…[Read more]
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Miles McCrimmon posted an update in the group
HEP Community Colleges on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCheck out the Comments section of Session 412 in the MLA Program at https://apps.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=412&year=2017 for bios and intros for our four panelists’ talks from 5:15–6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 6th, in Franklin 11, Philadelphia Marriott.
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Miles McCrimmon posted an update in the group
HEP Community Colleges on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCheck out the Comments section of Session 412 in the MLA Program at https://apps.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=412&year=2017 for bios and intros for our four panelists’ talks from 5:15–6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 6th, in Franklin 11, Philadelphia Marriott.
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Miles McCrimmon posted an update in the group
HEP Community Colleges on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCheck out the Comments section of Session 412 in the MLA Program at https://apps.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=412&year=2017 for bios and intros for our four panelists’ talks from 5:15–6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 6th, in Franklin 11, Philadelphia Marriott.
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Miriam Thaggert started the topic LLC Af Am Events at MLA in the discussion
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
Please join the LLC African American Forum for the following panels and cash bar at this year’s MLA in Philadelphia:
41A. Imagining New Literary Histories: Mapping Aesthetics and Poetics in the Black Arts Movement
Thursday, 5 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 103A, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Presiding: Dana A. Wil…[Read more]
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Miriam Thaggert started the topic LLC Af Am Events at MLA in the discussion
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
Please join the LLC African American Forum for the following panels and cash bar at this year’s MLA in Philadelphia:
41A. Imagining New Literary Histories: Mapping Aesthetics and Poetics in the Black Arts Movement
Thursday, 5 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 103A, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Presiding: Dana A. Williams, How…[Read more]
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Stefania Irene Sini posted an update in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoEnthymema. International journal of literary criticism, literary theory, and philosophy of literature
http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/enthymema/index
Issues 15 and 16 (2016) - Load More
Open access, open source, open to all
