CFP: New Readings in the Literature of British India, c.1780-1947 edited collection (9/1/06 abstracts, 2/1/07 essays) Does a queer theory reading of Ackerley’s Hindoo Holiday liberate or reinscribe this thinly-fictionalised memoir from its colonial context(s)? Does a perception of the unintended, unwelcome, even insurgent Indian reader haunt the early short fiction of Rudyard Kipling? Does a reading of the debate raging over the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act reshape our understanding of Flora Annie Steel’s ‘Mutiny’ novel, On the Face of the Waters? Is the imaginative and ideological ‘location’ of Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable Bloomsbury rather than Punjab? How does a reading of the reception and publication history of Fanny Parkes’ Wanderings of a Pilgrim reflect the British debate between Anglicist and Orientalist thinking? And who were Eliza Fay’s intended readers? New Readings provocatively invites its contributors to newly interrogate and contest established readings of canonical texts, as well as offer new readings of critically neglected works. Contributors are encouraged to interpret the term ‘literature’ as broadly as they wish, including within its permeable boundaries both fiction and non-fiction, verse and prose, essay and memoir, drama and travel writing. As such, each essay in the collection should offer a close and stimulating new reading of a specific literary work. Contributors are free to adopt whatever literary critical perspective they feel will be most productive in offering a new reading of their chosen work, but they must offer a sustained close reading of their chosen text. This volume will aim to demonstrate the rich, conflicting and often coextensive diversity of interpretation opened up by the concept of ‘new readings’ of, and in, the literature of British India from a variety of critical and heuristic positions. Please register your interest in this project by sending an abstract of c.500 words and a brief CV by the deadline of 1 September 2006 to the editor, Dr Shafquat Towheed at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the heading ‘Literature of British India’. Accepted contributors will have until 1 February 2007 to submit their essays, which should ordinarily be between 10,000 – 12,000 words in length and should conform to MLA guidelines (citations in parentheses and a list of works cited). This book has been contracted by Ibidem Press to appear in its ‘Studies in English Literatures’ series and it is anticipated that publication will be in the summer of 2007 (in time for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise). Contributors will retain the copyright to their essays and will be entitled to publish them elsewhere. As a paperback publication, it will be able for adoption on undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr Shafquat Towheed Institute of English Studies, University of London and The Open University [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ********************************************************* 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 ********************************************************* ============================================= >From Pillarbox The UK literature, linguistics & cultural studies e-list. Post messages to [log in to unmask] For details about how to format messages, please visit the list's website at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pillarbox The list is co-ordinated by the English Subject Centre. For further details, please contact Jackie Fernandes at [log in to unmask] The English Subject Centre is part of the Higher Education Academy and has been set up to serve and support the teaching of English in UK Higher Education. Find out more at http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk ============================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "Pillarbox <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pillarbox>" on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- S.Ruston [log in to unmask]