This is an update on the conference, entitled
'Post-Romantic Identities: The impact of Romanticism on subsequent constructions
of self', which will be held at the University of Nottingham on April 26th
2003. Keynote papers will be given by Professor Edward Larrissy of the
University of Leeds and Professor Tim Fulford of The Nottingham Trent
University.
Below are a short description of the conference themes
and details about submitting abstracts.
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 of ‘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.
Abstracts are invited for papers
discussing the use of 'Romanticism' and/or Romantic ideas within
discussions/representations of the artist, of human psychology, or of
personal/national identity. Papers should examine texts produced after 1830,
though 'text' may be interpreted in its broadest sense (including works of
literature, film, music, etc.) and interdisciplinary papers are welcome.
The conference will be open to all, though contributions from postgraduates
and new researchers are particularly encouraged. The
conference will be held at the University of Nottingham (University Park)
on April 26th 2003 and will cost £10 (including lunch and refreshments).
Abstracts of 250 words (max) should be emailed to [log in to unmask] by no later
than February 17, 2003.
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
