Nineteenth-Century Prose invites submissions for a special issue on the
picturesque for Fall 2002. The picturesque is, arguably, the most
pervasive
and familiar aesthetic term of the nineteenth century, as well as its most
controversial. It demarcates the limits of nineteenth century sympathy and
designates the terms of cosmopolitan, national and regional inclusion. Who
was deemed picturesque and who could invoke the term as a descriptive
category of charming otherness? How was the picturesque used to make the
growing disparities of modernity more palatable? How did it define in
aesthetic terms the emergent distinctions between metropolitan and
peripheral nations and subnations? A variety of perspectives is encouraged
,
including theoretical interrogations that address questions of agency: is
the picturesque an aesthetics of observation or projection? Given the
international dimension of this aesthetic, articles can also include
locales
beyond the U.S., Britain and Europe. The only stipulation is that the
essays
focus on the non-fiction prose of the nineteenth century. Inquires,
submissions and proposals should be sent by email or post to the guest
editor, Carrie Tirado Bramen ([log in to unmask]). Please submit
proposals (1-3 pages) or full-length essays (25 pages) by 1 August 2001 to
Bramen, Dept. of English, 306 Clemens Hall, SUNY/Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
14260-4610.
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