Dear all, With the usual apologies, etc., please note the following cfp for a special session at the 2015 MLA Convention in Vancouver. The (very) short description: "Literary critics are increasingly drawn to theorizations of the natural world. What are critics, as such, finding out about it? How is nature functioning today as a literary topic?" Abstracts are due to me by March 15th. Best wishes, JDF -- J ames Dougal Fleming Associate Professor Department of English Simon Fraser University 778-782-4713 Burnaby ~ British Columbia ~ Canada Upstairs was a room for travelers. ‘You know, I shall take it for the rest of my life,’ Vasili Ivanovich is reported to have said as soon as he had entered it. -- Vladimir Naboko v , " Cloud, Castle, Lake'