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Jeremy Douglass replied to the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoLiterary scholarship for book-loving non-academics? That is a really interesting (and quite broad) challenge. I like the idea of promoting literary criticism to a broad audience — whether through public reviews or through holiday gift-giving.
It occurs to me that the top social book platforms on the web may already have an approximate answer to…[Read more]
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Sharon Shaloo replied to the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoJames Woods would seem to fill your bill. HOW FICTION WORKS is the more “litcrit,” to invoke your categorization, and THE FUN STUFF has gestures to other arts/performance. Both are wonderfully readable.
Sharon Shaloo, Mass Center for the Book
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Alexandra Berlina replied to the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agonot a litcrit book, alas — still, thank you!
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Patrick Crapanzano replied to the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoDear Alexandra,
I like the idea of your post. One book that comes to mind is A Brave Vessel, by Hobson Woodward. It doesn’t have the pop-currency potential as Will of the World, but it’s approachable for normal people interested in The Tempest and the Sea Venture’s wreck on Bermuda.
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Alexandra Berlina started the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoDear all,
could you recommend me works of literary scholarship which book-loving non-academic might enjoy? I don’t mean book reviews, but texts like Brodsky’s and Nabokov’s essays, or Greenblatt’sWill in the World. Thank you very much! I hope I’m not the only one interested in showing friends what it is we as a species actually do: perhaps w…[Read more]
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Tana Jean Welch started the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 2015 in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoQuantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 2015 (Boston, May 21-24)
How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science…[Read more]
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Andre Carrington started the topic CFP: Queers & Comics Conference in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoView the complete detailed CFP at http://www.clags.org/queers-comics/call-for-proposals
Queers & Comics Conference – Presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Location: The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkDate: May 7-8, 2015
Keynote Speakers: Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comics) and Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch O…[Read more] -
Andre Carrington started the topic CFP: Queers & Comics Conference in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoView the complete detailed CFP at http://www.clags.org/queers-comics/call-for-proposals
Queers & Comics Conference – Presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Location: The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Date: May 7-8, 2015
Keynote Speakers: Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comics) and Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out F…[Read more] -
Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century
(Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
For Ra…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP: "Coping with the ‘New Normal’: Adjunct Faculty’s Treatment…- NeMLA, 2015 in the forum
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoCFP: “Coping with the ‘New Normal’: Adjunct Faculty’s Treatment in Higher Education” – NeMLA, 30 April – 3 May 2015 (Toronto, ON, Canada)
46th Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
30 April – 3 May 2015SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2014
Coping with the ‘New Normal’: Adjunct Fa…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP: "Preparing Successful Course Syllabi" – NeMLA, 30 April – 3 May 2015 -Toron in the forum
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months ago[Please feel free to circulate this CFP as widely as possible]
CFP: “Preparing Successful Course Syllabi” – NeMLA, 30 April – 3 May 2015 (Toronto, ON, Canada)
46th Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
30 April – 3 May 2015SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2014
Panel…[Read more]
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Elizabeth Hochberg started the topic CFP, NeMLA 2015 (Spanish / Portuguese) in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoAdvertising and Counterculture in Spanish and Latin American Film
This panel invites 20-minute contributions on filmic portrayals of TV and radio commercials, magazine ads, billboards, and other aspects of marketing in connection to emerging forms of oppositional culture during the 1960s and 70s. Topics s may include material and consumer…[Read more] -
William E. Lenz started the topic CFP Travel Culture at Popular Culture 2015 in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
PCA/ACA Travel & Tourism
CALL FOR PAPERS AT NATIONAL PCA/ACA CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY, APRIL 1-4, 2015
We had 7 panels in Travel and Tourism last year in Chicago; I hope to see 15 this year.
I’m looking for any and all interesting papers or presentations regarding travel and tourist culture. This i…[Read more]
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Hilda Chacón started the topic CFP-2015 NeMLA Conference, Toronto Canada in the forum
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This roundtable explores the impact of the Humanities going digital in Latin America, from both a Latin American and United States perspective. Papers will explore new trends a…[Read more] -
Hilda Chacón started the topic CFP-2015 NeMLA Conference, Toronto Canada in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months ago<header class=”entry-header”>
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This roundtable explores the impact of the Humanities going digital in Latin America, from both a Latin American and United States perspective. Papers will explore new…[Read more] -
Stephanie Rountree started the topic Small-Screen Souths: Interrogating the Televisual Archive [Edited Collection] in the forum
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoSmall-Screen Souths: Interrogating the Televisual Archive [Edited Collection]
Proposals due September 1, 2014
In recent years, the advent of reality television’s “hicksploitation” alongside the rise of scripted dramatic series such as True Blood and The Walking Dead has seemingly kept the U.S. South as a small-screen spectacle of wonder and…[Read more]
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Rita Bode started the topic CFP Society for the Study of American Women Writers 2015 Conference in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoSSAWW Triennial Conference November 4-8, 2015
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Call for Proposals
Due Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2015 for all proposals.
For the 201…[Read more]
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Jon Smith started the topic CFP: The South in the North (MLA pre-conf 6-7 Jan 2015) in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoThe South in the North
A Pre-MLA Mini-conference
January 6-7, 2015
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC
Since 2001, when Houston Baker and Dana Nelson described the U.S. South as the “nation’s abjected regional Other,” a powerful body of work by historians and literary critics such as Leigh Anne Duck, Jennifer Greeson, Matthew Lassi…[Read more]
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Francesco Levato replied to the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoOk, done. It went out to the list’s Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts as well.
Best,
Francesco
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Wendy Galgan replied to the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi Francesco,
Yes, absolutely. That would be great.
Thanks,
Wendy
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