There have been several requests for an extension, so I am pleased to
announce that the deadline for submission of abstracts to the Post-Romantic
Identities conference (see below) has been extended to March 1. Papers from
the conference will be considered for publication either in the new
web-based journal "Working With English" or as part of an edited
collection.Information on the Working With English journal can be found on
the following
website:http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/working_with_english/ Conference
Description: Post-Romatnic Identities: The impact of Romanticism on
subsequent constructions of self
The conference theme draws upon an area of increasing interest across the
humanities. The concept of “Romanticism” has undergone intensive
interrogation in recent years as scholars have attempted to trace its
development as a term applied retrospectively in discourses seeking to
distinguish and define subsequent artistic and philosophical movements. Of
continued relevance are the ways in which ideas associated with Romanticism
contribute to constructions of the author and authority, descriptions of
the individual’s relationship with society, and to the organic metaphors of
‘growth’ and ‘natural’ affiliations deployed by newly emergent and/or
expansive nation-states. Similarly, recent scholarship investigating new
literatures from around the world demonstrates a rising recognition of the
ways in which texts and ideas from the Romantic Period are appropriated and
reworked by a variety of contemporary writers and theorists in their
attempts to articulate diverse experiences of self, to construct new models
of identity, and to forge new voices with which to express different forms
of self-knowledge.
Dr. Matthew Green Office: Trent A49
School of English Studies Phone: (0)115 951-4610
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
United Kingdom
*********************************************************
British Association for Romantic Studies
To advertise Romantic literature conferences, publications, jobs, or
other events that the BARS members would be interested in, please
contact Sharon Ruston <[log in to unmask]> or Fiona Price
<[log in to unmask]>.
Also use these addresses to register any change in your e-mail address, or
to be removed from the list.
Messages are held in archives, along with other information about the
Mailbase at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bars.html
*********************************************************
|