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Murat Öğütcü deposited THE COURT, THE NOBILITY AND THE MONARCH S RESPONSIBILITIES IN SHAKESPEARE S ELIZABETHAN HISTORY PLAYS in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoAbstract
After 1588, several socio-political and economic problems appeared in the Elizabethan society. These problems were
aggravated by Elizabeth I’s desire to live royally without responsibility. The correlation between good government and the
responsibility of monarchs was emphasised in the literature of the period, as well. Particularly, t…[Read more] -
Murat Öğütcü deposited THE COURT, THE NOBILITY AND THE MONARCH S RESPONSIBILITIES IN SHAKESPEARE S ELIZABETHAN HISTORY PLAYS in the group
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoAbstract
After 1588, several socio-political and economic problems appeared in the Elizabethan society. These problems were
aggravated by Elizabeth I’s desire to live royally without responsibility. The correlation between good government and the
responsibility of monarchs was emphasised in the literature of the period, as well. Particularly, t…[Read more] -
Murat Öğütcü deposited Shakespeare in Animation in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoShakespeare in Animation
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Hugh M. Richmond deposited Proto-Feminism: Seductions in Shakespeare and Milton in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoOne of the most familiar literary topics is the seduction scene. Both Shakespeare and Milton enhance this tradition by shifting the motives offered by the seducer to ones fitting increasingly autonomous and ambitious women, foreshadowing many of the concerns of modern feminism.
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Hugh M. Richmond deposited Proto-Feminism: Seductions in Shakespeare and Milton in the group
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoOne of the most familiar literary topics is the seduction scene. Both Shakespeare and Milton enhance this tradition by shifting the motives offered by the seducer to ones fitting increasingly autonomous and ambitious women, foreshadowing many of the concerns of modern feminism.
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Jonathan Senchyne deposited The Aries Press of Eden, New York in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoA review of Richard Kegler’s, The Aries Press of Eden, New York.
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John Charles Hawley uploaded the file: CFP: Queer Theory in African Film and Fiction to
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHow are African literatures and cultures mediating globalizing frameworks for gender and sexuality and shifting understandings of “queer”? From Woubi Cheri and Dakan, to Stories of Our Lives, African film has begun this conversation. From K. Sello Duiker, to Chinelo Okparanta and Diriye Osman, new voices have invited national debates on these top…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Keep the Aspidistra Flying in the group
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on George Orwell’s Keep the Aspidistra Flying. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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Richard A. Strier started the topic DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR LEAR SEMINAR in the discussion
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoTHE DEADLINE FOR THE NEH SUMMER SEMINAR ON KING LEAR DIRECTED BY RICHARD STRIER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THIS SUMMER (JULY 10-28) IS MARCH 1. NON-TENURE TRACK AS WELL AS TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK INSTRUCTORS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY. STIPEND IS $2700. DETAILS ON THE SEMINAR AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS CAN BE FOUND AT: [Read more]
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Richard A. Strier started the topic DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR LEAR SEMINAR in the discussion
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months ago<p style=”background: white;”><span style=”font-family: Georgia; color: #333333;”>DEAR FOLKS,</span></p>
<p style=”background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;”><span style=”font-family: Georgia; color: #333333;”>THE…[Read more] -
Richard A. Strier started the topic DEADLINE FOR LEAR SEMINAR APPROACHING in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoDEAR FOLKS,
THE DEADLINE FOR THE NEH SUMMER SEMINAR ON KING LEAR DIRECTED BY RICHARD STRIER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THIS SUMMER (JULY 10-28) IS MARCH 1. NON-TENURE TRACK AS WELL AS TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK INSTRUCTORS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY. STIPEND IS $2700. DETAILS ON THE SEMINAR AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS CAN BE FOUND AT:
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William Waters replied to the topic CFP "Situating Lyric" at Boston Univ. June 7-11, 2017 in the discussion
Poetry on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoJust a reminder that this Friday February 17, 2017 is the CFP deadline for “Situating Lyric” (Boston University, June 7-11, 2017): see http://www.bu.edu/wll/situatinglyric . Confirmed speakers include Jonathan Culler, Charles Altieri, Virginia Jackson, Jahan Ramazani, Dominique Combe, Eva Zettelmann, Klaus Hempfer, Haun Saussy, Stephen Owen, Robert von…[Read more]
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Feisal G. Mohamed started the topic Closure of Duquesne University Press in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoDear Colleagues,
As you may have heard, Duquesne University abruptly announced a week ago that it would close its press: press staff, including the director, Susan Wadsworth-Booth, had no advance notice. There is an Inside HigherEd piece about it here: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/07/duquesne-university-press-shut-down-later-year
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Misty G. Anderson started the topic Religion in American Public Discourse in the discussion
Literature and Religion on MLA Commons 9 years agoCompetitive session co-sponsored by the Religion and Literature Forum and the Forum on Nonfiction Prose. Religion has long figured in the public discourse of the United States. During election season in particular, religious issues figure in campaign and more generally political discourse. President Donald Trump has recently declared the U.…[Read more]
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Katherine D. Harris replied to the topic MLA Panel 550. "Victorian" in a Comparative Field — Major Issues in the discussion
The Victorian Period on MLA Commons 9 years agoThank you for your response.
My primary concern is the concluding call to action by most of the panelists for the lack of scholarship in the area of newspaper/periodical/publishing transnational movement. Though there may not be many digital archives (to which I wasn’t exclusively referring), there are already many, many scholarly materials on…[Read more]
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Katherine D. Harris replied to the topic MLA Panel 550. "Victorian" in a Comparative Field — Major Issues in the discussion
The Victorian Period on MLA Commons 9 years agoThank you for your response.
My primary concern is the concluding call to action by most of the panelists for the lack of scholarship in the area of newspaper/periodical/publishing transnational movement. Though there may not be many digital archives (to which I wasn’t exclusively referring), there are already many, many scholarly materials on…[Read more]
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Katherine D. Harris replied to the topic MLA Panel 550. "Victorian" in a Comparative Field — Major Issues in the discussion
The Victorian Period on MLA Commons 9 years agoThank you for your response.
My primary concern is the concluding call to action by most of the panelists for the lack of scholarship in the area of newspaper/periodical/publishing transnational movement. Though there may not be many digital archives (to which I wasn’t exclusively referring), there are already many, many scholarly materials on…[Read more]
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Mario Ortiz-Robles deposited Local Speech, Global Acts: Performative Violence and the Novelization of the World in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis article examines the performativity of novelistic discourse in order to propose a different set of terms for understanding the circulation of the novel around the world than those that are based on the referential form/content model.
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Mario Ortiz-Robles deposited Local Speech, Global Acts: Performative Violence and the Novelization of the World in the group
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis article examines the performativity of novelistic discourse in order to propose a different set of terms for understanding the circulation of the novel around the world than those that are based on the referential form/content model.
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Mario Ortiz-Robles deposited Dickens Performs Dickens in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 9 years agoOn performativity of Dickens as author in his prefaces
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