Daniel Davies
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Susan Oliver posted an update in the group
LLC Scottish on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoGreat new edition of The Bottle Imp with papers from the MLA 2013 and 2014 Discussion Group sessions. Introduced by Matt Wickman. Thanks to Gwen Enstam, Duncan Jones, Matt, Caroline McCracken-Flesher and everyone else involved. http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBISupp/TBISupp1/WickmanIntro.html
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Alex Mueller started the topic CFP for MLA 2015 in Vancouver: Disability and the Arthurian World in the forum
Chaucer on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDisability and the Arthurian World
From the maimed king to the leprous beggar to the blind queen to dwarves and giants, Arthurian characters exhibit a wide variety of disabilities and modes of embodiment that offer insights into social and cultural understandings of health, identity, sexuality, and language, among other subjects. The Arthurian…[Read more]
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Alex Mueller started the topic CFP for MLA 2015 in Vancouver: Disability and the Arthurian World in the forum
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDisability and the Arthurian World
From the maimed king to the leprous beggar to the blind queen to dwarves and giants, Arthurian characters exhibit a wide variety of disabilities and modes of embodiment that offer insights into social and cultural understandings of health, identity, sexuality, and language, among other subjects. The Arthurian…[Read more]
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Susan Oliver started the topic MLA 2015 Calls for Papers in the forum
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoCalls for papers have been published for the Scottish Literature Discussion Group’s sessions at the 130th MLA Convention in Vancouver, 8th -11th January 2015. There are two sessions, as follows. Both are listed in the MLA’s calls for papers. We welcome abstracts, or please contact us with any enquiries.
1. Discussion Group in Scottish…[Read more]
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Susan Oliver started the topic Opening the Commons forum on Scottish Literature. . . in the forum
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoThe forum provides a place where we can discuss what’s happening in Scottish literature. Do you have anything to share? Here’s your chance . . .
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Helen Fulton uploaded the file: Call for book proposals: New Century Chaucer to
Chaucer on MLA Commons 12 years, 6 months agoNew Century Chaucer is a book series launched by University of Wales Press. We are looking for editions of individual texts, monographs, and edited collections of essays on any aspect of Chaucer and his contemporaries. Send ideas and enquiries to Helen Fulton (helen.fulton@york.ac.uk) and see our Facebook page at:
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Robert J. Meyer-Lee uploaded the file: Call for Manuscripts: Boydell and Brewer's Chaucer Studies series to
Chaucer on MLA Commons 12 years, 8 months agoBoydell and Brewer is seeking book proposals for its venerable Chaucer Studies series. Monographs are particularly encouraged but volumes of essays will be included when appropriate. Send proposals and inquiries to Caroline Palmer, Editorial Director, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF, UK cpalmer@boydell.co.uk.
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Ruth Evans uploaded the file: NCS Letter to MLA to
Chaucer on MLA Commons 12 years, 9 months agoThis letter is the New Chaucer Society’s response to the proposal that Old English, Middle English, and Chaucer might wish to reconfigure themselves into one new Division.
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Elaine Treharne uploaded the file: Old English Division Committee's Letter to MLA President to
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 9 months agoThis three-page letter is the OE Committee’s response to the proposal that Old English, Middle English, and Chaucer might wish to reconfigure themselves into one new Division.
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Thank you for thinking through these issues in a powerful, well-formed reply to the myopic notion of merging O.E. and M.E. Divisions. John M. Hill
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Thank you for thinking through these issues in a powerful, well-formed reply to the myopic notion of merging O.E. and M.E. Divisions. John M. Hill
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This is an excellent response, and well argued. I hope that the MLA takes this matter and this response seriously. Thank you and all the rest of the authors for working on this letter.
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Terrific, thoughtful, compelling letter — thank you so much to the authors.
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