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American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 38th Annual Meeting Atlanta, Georgia, 22-25 March, 2007 The Ecocritical Eighteenth Century Though the concept of “nature” has been extensively explored by scholars of eighteenth-century literature, ecocriticism as a method and movement has been slow to enter the discussion. Yet as we become increasingly aware of the crucial inseparability of human culture from the non-human environment, the eighteenth century appears ever more important. Samuel Johnson proposed that “a blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another. Let us, if we do talk, talk about something; men and women are my subjects of inquiry.” This seminar seeks to question that dichotomy, taking as its subject of inquiry the imaginative, epistemological, and physical relationships among men, women, and the rest of the world. While all approaches are welcome, I especially hope to hear from scholars who turn our attention from reflections on the sublime and the beautiful to novels, biographies, letters, and other forms that have not previously been recognized as “nature writing” but that investigate and embody everyday practices of living. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 September 2006 Contact: Brian Glover Dept. of English, University of Virginia 219 Bryan Hall P.O. Box 400121 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4121 Tel. 434-979-7033 bdg5n_(at)_virginia.edu ********************************************************* British Association for Romantic Studies http://www.bars.ac.uk 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]> Also use this address 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 ********************************************************* -- Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilëwch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio â defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Wales, Bangor. The University of Wales, Bangor does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the University of Wales, Bangor Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk