Dear all,
please see the call for papers below, though the dates mean it may not
be of immediate interest to most list-members. Please pass it on though
to anyone you think might be interested.
Best wishes
Charlie
Call for Papers
Imitative Series and Clusters in Literature
(Classical to Early Modern)
Deadline 31st January 2016: please note the early deadline
(Apologies for cross-posting)
This conference will be held in 2017 in either London or Oxford:
preferably in the early autumn of that year, though this will only be
finalized when we know the outcome of our funding applications.
We are looking for 30-minute papers on previously unpublished material
that discuss examples of imitative series and clusters from classical
literature to roughly the end of the seventeenth century. By “imitative
series” we mean what has also been defined as “two-tier allusion” or
“window reference” (Nelis), i.e. when author C simultaneously imitates
or alludes to a passage or text by author A and its imitation by author
B; by “imitative cluster” we mean an instance in which author C
simultaneously imitates or alludes to passages or texts that are already
interconnected at the source in a formal or conceptual way: these
passages will typically be by the same author, or they can be by two
different authors and be connected in some way other than
straightforward imitation. In short, if an “imitative series” may be
represented as a line, an “imitative cluster” corresponds more to a
triangle. (Examples of these practices are discussed in C. Burrow,
“Virgils, from Dante to Milton”, in The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
and E. Tarantino, “Fulvae Harenae: The Reception of an Intertextual
Complex in Dante’s Inferno”, Classical Receptions Journal 4.1.) If
applicable, proposals should point out any political, philosophical or
other issues that were being addressed via these allusions.
We are particularly interested in instances of the imitation of the
“Elysian fields” passage in Aeneid 6, but also welcome proposals dealing
with a wide range of texts and national literatures – though for reasons
of congruity we would limit the geographical scope to European literary
traditions. We would also be very interested to hear of any instances of
the theoretical discussion of these imitative practices up to c. 1700.
Please send proposals of 100-200 words to [log in to unmask] by
31st January 2016, accompanied by the following:
- a short text listing main academic affiliations to date (if any)
and main publications (especially those relevant to this conference);
- confirmation that your paper deals with previously unpublished
material, and that you will send us your text for exclusive publication
after the conference;
- an indication of whether you would require financial support in
respect of travel expenses and accommodation in order to attend this
conference (we are hoping to be able to meet at least some of these
costs, but we will not know until we hear about the outcome of our
funding applications).
Notification of inclusion in the conference will be sent by 15 February
2016.
We look forward to receiving your proposals.
The conference organizers: Colin Burrow, Stephen Harrison, Martin
McLaughlin, Elisabetta Tarantino
> Dear SF Chair,
>
> The attached Call for Papers is appearing in the Faculty's Weekly
Round-up on Thursday of this week, but we would also be grateful if you
could post it to your respective language's mail list (eg Francofil etc.).
>
> Many thanks
>
> Martin
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> Martin McLaughlin
> Agnelli-Serena Professor of Italian
> Magdalen College
> High Street
> Oxford OX1 4AU
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> TEL +44 (0)1865 270493
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