**With apologies for cross-posting.**
As engagements with "Romantic Science" become increasingly varied and
complex, references to the life and works of Erasmus Darwin appear with
increasing frequency in a multitude of contexts. Similarly, treatments of
Darwin's connections to contemporary literary figures, as well as
reexaminations of his own status as a popular poet, suggest that sustained
attention to Darwin can further enrich our understandings of the relation
between poetry and science. Papers exploring any aspect of these issues in
Darwin's works will be considered. Possible topics may include: Darwin and
Evolutionary Thought; Poetics of Zoology and/or Botany; Darwin and the
Lives of the Mind; Darwin Among the Romantics; Dr. Darwin as Popular Poet.
Submit to this special session by e-mailing James Allard at
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> and cc'ing the conference
committee at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Please
indicate clearly in the body of your e-mail and in your proposal the
special session to which you are submitting your paper; papers that cannot
be included in the special session will receive a second vetting as part of
the general conference call. Proposals should be two pages (500 words) with
a one-page curriculum vitae and should be submitted electronically in the
body of an email or as an attachment in .doc or .pdf format by February 15,
2006.
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Dr. James Robert Allard
Assistant Professor
Dept. of English Language & Literature
Brock University
500 Glenridge Ave.
St. Catharines, ON
CANADA L2S 3A1
(905) 688-5550 ext. 3531
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