Monday, August 24, 2020

CFP The Gothic Age of Television: Edited Collection (11/1/2020)

The Gothic Age of Television: Edited Collection, Call for Papers
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2020/08/17/the-gothic-age-of-television-edited-collection-call-for-papers

deadline for submissions:
November 1, 2020


full name / name of organization:
Aoise Stratford and Joel Hawkes

contact email:
gothicagetv@gmail.com




The Gothic Age of Television

Edited Collection, Call for Papers



The last three decades have witnessed a proliferation of Gothic television programs. Some provide a platform for the Gothic’s most fantastic mode of expression, with vampires, werewolves, and zombies invading our screens. Closer to home but decidedly unheimlich, domestic spaces are haunted by uncanny secrets in programs from Twin Peaks to Top of The Lake. Still other programs, like Game of Thrones and Black Mirror, capture the Gothic’s obsession with barbaric pasts and threatening futures. Subtle elements of Gothic emerge in a wide range of non-Gothic programming, such as Mad Men and Breaking Bad, revealing the true extent of the genre’s influence.

Perhaps, just as Black Mirror’s techno-mediated future reflects – and reflects upon – the present moment, this Gothic resurgence responds to the transformations and uncertainties of our time. In other words, we might read the Gothic, as it repeatedly has been, as a genre that re-emerges at times of cultural anxiety.

The screens, and the streaming services that play this Gothic programming might, then, themselves be read as “Gothic devices,” even more transformative than the technologies that that have inspired and shaped the Gothic narratives of past centuries.

This call for papers requests proposals that explore this resurgence in the Gothic as it is mediated through television programming, and the proliferation of screens and streaming services, at the beginning of the 21st century.

The collection looks to theorise this Gothic revival. Papers might offer close readings of particular shows, ponder themes and tropes, trace trends in programming, consider the importance of the television medium in this revival, or examine the Gothic technologies of streaming screens and other devices.

The collection looks to be, like Frankenstein’s monster, hybridic, a composite, and larger than the sum of its parts, deploying a range of critical methodologies and lenses--including Queer theory, postmodernism, and post-human studies--and seeking to embrace some of the many different ways in which we can have conversations about Gothic Television.

Essays might examine shows such as (but not limited to),

Stranger Things, Penny Dreadful, Carnival Row, Outlander, Buffy, Angel, Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Sherlock, Twin Peaks: The Return, Sharp Objects, Mad Men, Black Mirror, Top of the Lake, Game of Thornes, Frankenstein Chronicles, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Supernatural, The X-Files, Bates Motel, Hannibal.

Essays might explore a number of topics, and ask and answer a variety of questions of Gothic television, such as (but not limited to),

Streaming, binging, booting, seriality, and the structure of Gothic television

  • How do screen mediums and consumption habits speak to a sense of the Gothic?
  • 21st century spaces / 21st century Gothic
    • How is space/place/setting important to Gothic television? What Gothic implications are there for the “space” of the streaming screen?
  • Twin Peaks: The Return
    • Why is Twin Peaks: The Return important? How does it make use of the Gothic?
  • Vampires and their slayers
    • How does the vampire inhabit the new century, this gothic revival, and an age of streaming screens?
  • Dissecting 21st century monsters
    • What and who are the important monsters of this Gothic television revolution?
  • Gothic nostalgias
    • How do Gothic shows (re)imagine the past? What is the relationship of the Gothic to the plethora of reboots, returns, and sequels on our screens?
  • Gothic futures
    • How do Gothic television shows imagine the future? What kind of future is Gothic programming creating?
  • Gothic fantasy
    • How do Gothic and fantasy interact on our screens? What has led to the rise of this important sub-genre?
  •  Gothic marginalities
    • How are those on the margins important to the Gothic? How are questions of race, gender, class, or sexuality important in terms of marginality and isolation, but also community, inclusivity, and diversity? What is the role of the so-called “normative”?

Abstracts of 300 words and a brief bio should be sent to the editors, Aoise Stratford (Cornell University) and Joel Hawkes (University of Victoria) at gothicagetv@gmail.com

Deadline for abstracts is 1 November 2020. (Final papers will be of about 5000 words, due end of April.)



Last updated August 19, 2020

CFP Children of the Night Conference (9/15/2020; Brasov, Translyvania 10/12-14/2020)

This sounds like a great event if you're in Europe.


The Children of the Night Conference series is a non-profit academic initiative, supported by worldwide renowned Dracula experts.

Our aim is to present groundbreaking research on Bram Stoker, his novel Dracula and related topics on a bi-annual basis.

Participation is open to everyone who has a truly interesting paper to present. Moreover, the conferences will feature artistic contests and will be accompanied by a cultural program.

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS IS OPEN: PLEASE SEND US YOUR ABSTRACTS!

(Full call at https://dracongress.jimdofree.com/call-for-papers/.)


Call for Papers 2020

We invite all persons who are interested in speaking at the 2020 conference to submit an abstract of 150 - max. 250 words plus a meaningful title indicating the planned content of your presentation. The official language of the conference is English; papers will be accepted, presented and published only in English. The abstracts must be submitted by email and fit the conference main topics.



All speakers are requested to prepare a visual presentation. Accepted formats: Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe PDF or a folder with .jpg images, ordered by file name. Please bring your presentation on a USB stick (flash drive). Please limit the size of your file to 25 Megabyte maximum.



Registration -- Procedure & Fees


Indication of interest

If you are interested to speak at the conference but have no abstract ready yet, please send us a short email, so that we have you on our radar. The earlier we know who would like to participate in the conference, the better we can plan it. The same applies for potentials participants in the artistic contests.


Abstract deadline

Abstracts and fiction contributions must be submitted before 15 Septeber 2020. Please use the Abstract Submission Form below.


Approval

All submitted abstracts are subject to approval by our Scientific Committee. Review will take place continuously and may take 2-4 weeks.


Registration and payment

After your abstract has been approved, please pay the conference fee to our bank account. Please indicate your name and your country while making the payment. After your fee has been received, you will be automatically be added to our registration list and be admitted to the conference. For payments not made from an Euro, British Pound or US Dollar accounts, we recommend using Transferwise.


Fee schedule

The regular fee for participants is 149,-- Euros. For listeners-only, students without regular income and participants from the East-European countries, there is a reduced fee of 99,-- Euros only.

Day ticket for spontaneous visitors: 33,-- Euros.

Staff and students of Transilvania University of Brasov: Reduced day ticket price of 15,-- Euros.

The costs of hotel, lunch and dinner are not included, but Transilvania University of Brașov will host all participants for a special evening banquet or dinner.



Account Details (see https://dracongress.jimdofree.com/call-for-papers/)




Excursions

A guided walk through the centre of Brașov will be free of charge.

Further excursions: t.b.d.


Flights and Accommodation

Flights and accommodation should be booked by the participants. We recommend using flight searching engines such as Priceline, Cheaptickets or Kayak, and hotel booking platforms such as www.booking.com.

We recommend to book your flight to Bucharest well in advance. From Bucharest, there are several bus and train services to Brașov. Alternatively, you can travel via Sibiu (Hermannstadt).

Prices for food and accommodation in Brașov are moderate, compared to other European countries, especially the UK and Ireland.




Email of the Organising Committee: dracongress@gmail.com


Please send all communication regarding the conferences to this email address only, not to the University or our private email addresses.


Sunday, August 16, 2020

CFP Critical Approaches to Horror in Doctor Who (abstracts by 1/4/2021)

Critical Approaches to Horror in Doctor Who - Chapters Sought
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2020/08/03/critical-approaches-to-horror-in-doctor-who-chapters-sought

deadline for submissions:
January 4, 2021


full name / name of organization:
Robert F. Kilker / Kutztown University


contact email:
kilker@kutztown.edu




Although Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman wanted his show to be educational and avoid so-called “bug-eyed monsters,” the popularity of the Daleks in the second serial ensured that it would be better known for scaring kids into hiding behind the sofa. Adaptable as the science-fiction program is to fit a variety of other genres (e.g. the Western, screwball comedy, romance, period drama), horror dominates its cultural memory and ongoing practice. While there have been some critical essays over the years examining this aspect of the show, no book has been devoted to a more sustained examination of the generic work of horror in Doctor Who. This edited collection will remedy that absence.



More specifically, this book will serve as a thoughtful examination of the ways Doctor Who operates in the horror genre, in its complication of generic definitions, its ideological work, and its relation to fandom. Emerging and advanced scholars are invited to submit chapters exploring broadly an aspect of horror in classic and/or modern Doctor Who,as well as in-depth examinations of particular episodes. I am especially interested in having the following subtopics and/or episodes represented within the collection but welcome submissions on other matters as well:



  • Body horror
  • Fear of technology
  • Fan experience (hiding behind the sofa, etc.)
  • Folk horror
  • Possession stories
  • Gothic horror
  • Ecohorror
  • The monstrous feminine
  • Vampires, werewolves, mummies
  • Zombies
  • Recurring monsters (Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, etc.)
  • Pastiches of classic horror films
  • Influence on the horror film tradition
  • Alien invasion narratives
  • The Terrible Child
  • “Terror of the Autons”
  • “The Daemons”
  • “The Green Death”
  • “The Ark in Space”
  • “Pyramids of Mars”
  • “The Seeds of Doom”
  • “The Robots of Death”
  • “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”
  • “Horror of Fang Rock”
  • “Kinda”/“Snakedance”
  • “Ghost Light”
  • “Blink”
  • “Midnight”
  • “Night Terrors”
  • “The God Complex”
  • “Listen”
  • “Mummy on the Orient Express”
  • “Heaven Sent”
  • “Oxygen”
  • “The Haunting of Villa Diodati”




Please submit abstracts of approximately 500 words along with a brief bio to Robert F. Kilker at kilker@kutztown.edu by January 4, 2021. Articles will be limited to 6,000 words (this includes notes and bibliography).



Abstracts due: January 4, 2021

Articles due: May 28, 2021

Edited articles due: October 15, 2021

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me (kilker@kutztown.edu).

 

Last updated August 6, 2020 

 

CFP Latin American Gothic Literature in its Early Stages: Trappings, Tropes, and Theories (NeMLA 2021) (proposals by 9/30/2020)

Latin American Gothic Literature in its Early Stages: Trappings, Tropes, and Theories (NeMLA 2021)
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2020/07/06/latin-american-gothic-literature-in-its-early-stages-trappings-tropes-and-theories

deadline for submissions:
September 30, 2020


full name / name of organization:
NeMLA Conference 2021


contact email:
megan.devirgilis@morgan.edu




The Gothic is having a moment, as it tends to do in times of collective panic and uncertainty. Even Latin America, whose geographical, linguistic and historical distinctiveness have supported its all-but-exclusion from global Gothic Studies, has experienced a rise in scholarship on contemporary Gothic horror—from studies on the double and hybridity to zombies and cannibals, among others. Typically excluded from this narrative, however, are theories on the origins and early representations of the Gothic, and how regional, linguistic and historical particularities nourished a Latin American Gothic tradition that, although indebted to its European Gothic predecessors, deviated from it in unique and meaningful ways. There has been some debate over the circulation of translations throughout Latin America: Did Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, for example, circulate in French or, decades later, in English, and to what extent did his formal experimentation influence Latin American writers? This panel diverts from this limited scope of inquiry, suggesting instead a broader perspective that examines the complexity of literary currents, their subcategories, and their subjective means of classification. Why is it that Latin American literary scholarship only begins to use the term Gothic in reference to Carlos Fuentes when Eduardo Wilde, Juana Manuela Gorriti and Horacio Quiroga, among others, were experimenting with Gothic trappings, the occult and suspense? The purpose of this panel is to revisit Latin American literary works previously associated with more “respectable” and “valuable” literary currents in terms of the Gothic and a unique Latin American Gothic literary tradition. Of particular interest are theoretical approaches that revisit modernista, romantic and fantastic literature through a Gothic lens. Collectively, this panel will deepen scholarship on the dialectics at the heart of cultural production in the region: civilization/barbarity, indigenous/European, monstrous/homogenous, etc.

Please submit abstracts here: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/18591
 

Last updated July 9, 2020 

 

CFP The 5th Vampire Academic Conference (priposals by 9/14/20; virtual event 10/30-31/20)

The 5th Vampire Academic Conference
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2020/07/29/the-5th-vampire-academic-conference

deadline for submissions:
September 14, 2020


full name / name of organization:
The International Vampire Arts and Film Festival


contact email:
jelinej@scf.edu




The 5th Vampire Academic Conference
Virtually Hosted
October 30th 2020 9:00 am- 7:00 p.m. and October 31st 10:00 am- 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

American Vampires
CALL FOR PAPERS

MAIN THEMES: This conference will focus on the American Vampire and how they are represented. There is a vast amount of literature and film representing American vampires such as Salem’s Lot, Anne Rice and her chronicles, Lost Boys, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Blade, Twilight and of course Bela Lugosi’s classic Dracula.

American Vampires KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS: To Be Confirmed

The State College of Florida’s Literary Guild, in conjunction, with The University of South Wales, and IVFAF, call for papers by scholars interested in presenting their researched essays on vampire literature, film, folklore, theatre, games, graphic novels, lifestyle, fashion, music and wider art in the 5th annual Vampire Academic Conference (VAC).

Themes for this year’s Conference include the American Vampire, with a non-exclusive focus on the enduring legacy of their iconic vampire films; the Fake News Vampire, examining the consequences when fiction and folklore are presented factually. The themes of vampires in society are also included in this call.

However, the VAC is not limited to these themes. The two overriding criteria for papers delivered at the conference are:

· They must be about Vampires

· They must be interesting!

This major interdisciplinary international conference aims to examine and expand debates around vampires in all their many aspects. We therefore invite researchers from a range of academic backgrounds to re/consider vampires as a phenomenon that reaches across multiple sites of production and consumption, from literature and film to theatre and games to music and fashion and beyond. What accounts for this Gothic character's undying popular appeal, even in today's postmodern, digital, commercialized world? How does vampirism circulate within and comment upon mass culture?

We invite papers in genre theory & history, popular fiction, media culture, television theory, adaptation, journalism, comic studies, the transformative arts and other areas of film, literary and cultural studies in order to explore and expand the significance of the vampire as a figure of fascination across popular culture in shifting historic and social contexts.

We welcome proposals for conference papers of 15 minutes but also for pre-formed panels (of 3x15-minute papers), roundtable discussions, or formats that allow for the presentation of praxis (installations, lecture performances, for instance). We also want to support undergraduate scholarship: any current UG students interested in attending the VAC would be eligible for special, 10-15 minute presentation panels to facilitate their participation in an international conference at the undergraduate level.

Please submit a 300-500-word abstract, along with a short biography and indication of the format of your proposed presentation to Submittable by September 14th. If submitting a full panel proposal, the moderator should send a 50-word summary statement outlining the panel's title and central topic, along with all three proposals. Accepted submitters must confirm their commitment to present a finished written paper in a talk lasting approximately 20 minutes live at the conference via video conferencing. It must be their own original work.

This conference will not be charging since it is virtual.


The VAC runs in tandem with the Vampire Creative Congress, which focuses on the creative industries and featuring talks about filmmaking, writing, games etc. For more details, go to www.ivfaf.com

Abstracts will be moderated by the following panel:

+ Jeff Grieneisen, MFA, State College of Florida

+ Courtney Ruffner, Ph.D., State College of Florida

+ Julie Bess Jelinek, State College of Florida

+ Craig Hooper, University of South Wales and IVFAF



Potential points of entry but not limited to:

+ Transylvania or Pennsylvania? America and vampires

+ Women and the Vamp

+ Messy Eaters – gore and violence in vampire stories

+ vampire fiction as subgenre (comedies, romances, YA literature, graphic novels, games, theatre)

+ the vampire’s role in genre evolution

+ the vampire as metaphor

+ vampires as signs of cultural change

+ the popular vampire in the literary mainstream

+ the evolution of sex and religion in vampire literature

+ the influence of cinema on literary vampires (and vice‐versa)

+ vampiric tropes in social networking, internet memes and new media culture

+ popular vampire fiction/film in the non‐western world

+ pedagogical applications of popular vampire texts

+ gender and the vampire and/or the vampire hunter

+ vampires and the depiction of alternative sexualities

+ other cultural studies applications of the vampire icon

This is an indicative list only and papers on any vampiric theme from any academic or practice background would be welcomed.

Last updated July 31, 2020 

 

CFP Vampire Studies (2021 PCA/ACA National Conference) (proposals by 11/1/2020)

Vampire Studies (2021 PCA/ACA National Conference)
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2020/08/07/vampire-studies-2021-pcaaca-national-conference

deadline for submissions:
November 1, 2020


full name / name of organization:
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association


contact email:
pcavampires@gmail.com




The co-chairs of the PCA/ACA Vampire Studies area are soliciting papers, presentations, panels and roundtable discussions that cover any aspect of the Vampire for the Annual National Popular Culture Association Conference to be held in Boston, MA from March 31-April 3, 2021. You must be a member of the PCA to submit a proposal.

This year is a return to the aborted theme from Philadelphia, the legacy of Dracula. Anyone who was accepted last year may resubmit their proposal for an automatic acceptance. As well as Dracula, we are particularly interested in papers, presentations, and panels that cover:

Vampires at the end of the world and beyond

The vampire on legacy television shows (i.e. Dark Shadows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Moonlight, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals)

The vampire on recent television shows (i.e. What We Do In the Shadows, From Dusk Till Dawn, Castlevania)

Legacy Cinematic vampires (i.e. Nosferatu, Interview with the Vampire, Near Dark, Twilight etc.)

Recent Cinematic Vampires (i.e. Carmilla, Hotel Transylvania, Therapy for the Vampire etc.)

The Non-Western Vampire (i.e. Korean, Chinese, Latino/a/x, African)

Vampire Cultures and Contexts (i.e. vampire RPGs or other gaming universes, fan studies, graphic novels)

Vampires and the Marginalized (i.e. race, gender, sexualities, national origin)

Genres such as Gothic Horror, Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Young Adult, Erotica, Comedy

The relationship between vampires and zombies or werewolves and/or other monstrous beings

Vampire studies (i.e. the vampire in the classroom, vampire scholarship)

Historic and contemporary vampiric locations and geographies (i.e. cemeteries, castles, cities)

And anything and everything in between!

To have your proposal/abstract considered for presentation, please submit your proposal/abstract of approximately 250 words at the Popular Culture Association Website. We also welcome complete panel proposals of 3-4 people.

Visit www.pcaaca.org to see examples of papers from recent PCA conferences.

If you have questions, contact us at pcavampires@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @pca_vampires or join our Facebook group Vampire Scholars.

Last updated August 10, 2020 

 

CFP Critically Reading "The Vampire Diaries" (8/14/20)

Sorry this is a bit late being posted. 

Updated: Call for Abstracts: Critically Reading "The Vampire Diaries"
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2019/10/27/updated-call-for-abstracts-critically-reading-the-vampire-diaries

deadline for submissions:
August 14, 2020


full name / name of organization:
Book Publication


contact email:
thevampirediariescollection@gmail.com




Vampires are a phenomenon that have captivated humans since ancient times, and continue to globally fascinate different target audiences. From vampires in early Chinese traditions to their depiction in early poems such as “The Vampire” by Heinrich August Ossenfelder, to Lord Byron’s “The Vampyre”, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to vampires in more recent TV series and movies, this creature has not only evoked fear and horror but has also embodied both anxieties as well as desires of the culture and time in which it was created. Consequently, as vampire narratives today have started to go beyond the realms of horror, sometimes even turning the vampire into romantic heroes, they bring new insights to current issues across various fields.

This call for papers reaches out to scholars interested in working on interpretations of the CBS series The Vampire Diaries. This American supernatural teen drama features a diverse set of characters, both dead and undead, while touching on topics such as friendship, romance, adulthood, as well as depression, and aging. So far, no book length work has dealt with this complex series, and it is our aim to publish an in-depth analysis consisting of 10-11 chapters that offer critical and creative readings of this series.



We welcome contributions that investigate but are by no means limited to the following topics as they relate to The Vampire Diaries:

- Television studies

- Intertextuality/intermediality

- Importance of Social Media

- Gothic

- Gender

- Adolescence

- Aging

- Postmodern Approaches Anxieties/fears and desires

- Humor

- Transgression

- Mind Control

- History

- Fandom

- Canon—the relationships between the TV series, novels, and spin-offs (The Originals, Legacies, and Stefan’s Diaries novels).



Submissions already accepted for this volume have largely focused on gender and genre, so we would welcome submissions that broaden the focus of the collection. We are identifying the series, its antecedents and its spin-offs as examples of postmodernist storytelling, so this should be acknowledged in submissions.

What to send: 400-500 words abstracts (or complete papers, if available) and a brief author bio of 150 words should be submitted by August 14, 2020. If an abstract is accepted for the book, a full draft of the paper (6000-8000 words) will be required by October 31, 2020.

Proposed writing and publication schedule:

Writing schedule – Draft completed October 31, 2020

Revisions, editing – Completed November/December, 2020

Submission to publisher –January, 2021



Contact Info: Kimberley McMahon-Coleman, Nina Vanessa Weber & Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt Contact Email: thevampirediariescollection@gmail.com

Last updated July 15, 2020 

 

CFP Emerging Trends in Twenty-First-Century Horror (Spec Issue of LIT; 1/15/2021)

Emerging Trends in Twenty-First-Century Horror
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2020/05/28/emerging-trends-in-twenty-first-century-horror

deadline for submissions:
January 15, 2021


full name / name of organization:
LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory


contact email:
litjourn@yahoo.com




CFP: Emerging Trends in Twenty-First-Century Horror

Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2021

full name / name of organization: LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory

contact email: litjourn@yahoo.com

Horror is experiencing a boom in the twenty-first century, one that spans media, genres, and the culture at large. Get Out, IT, and A Quiet Place dominated the box office, the way paved for them by predecessors like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Conjuring. US television has also seen its share of horror fare: The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, and Stranger Things have been staples of the small screen, not to mention the hundreds of “reality” shows that probe the paranormal. Horror fiction has also flourished: sales hit a four-year high in the UK in 2018, and in the US, horror consistently ranks among the most profitable genres. Horror video games have increased in number and variety, expanding into virtual reality. And Halloween is now the second-largest commercial holiday in the United States, an almost $9 billion industry; ticket sales to haunted attractions alone account for $300-500 million.

As the title suggests, this special issue of LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory seeks essays that examine emerging trends in horror. We are looking for essays that identify broad tendencies in terms of subject matter and content, innovations in style and form, ways in which changes to technologies, industries, or economics have influenced the genre, and the increasing global spread of horror production. Although we are, of course, interested in essays that focus on traditional forms, such as novels, feature-length films, and television shows, we also welcome essays that consider other forms of horror.

Essays may explore the following, although this list is by no means exhaustive, and we are equally interested in receiving essays on trends we haven’t thought of:
  • national and global/transnational horror film, television, and fiction and fandoms
  • horror production by women, people of color, and the LGBTQIA community
  • representations of gender, race, religion, age, class, nationality, and sexuality
  • horror television, long-form, serial horror, and anthologies
  • the role of streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Shudder, and Amazon Prime
  • “elevated” horror and other value-based categories applied to both texts and fans
  • cross-genre productions, such as gothic westerns, sci-fi horror, or crime/horror hybrids
  • found-footage horror and the use of social media or the internet
  • subgenres such as folk horror, ecohorror (including animal, plant, and fungal horror), political horror, urban/suburban gothic, haunted house stories, and dark comedy
  • toys, video games, virtual reality, cosplay, creepypastas, haunted/dark tourism, and other immersive and participatory experiences




LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory publishes critical essays that employ engaging, coherent theoretical perspectives and provide original, close readings of texts. Submissions must use MLA citation style and should range in length from 5,000-9,000 words. Please direct any questions relating to this CFP to the guest co-editors Karen J. Renner (karen.renner@nau.edu) or Dawn Keetley (dek7@lehigh.edu). Submissions should be emailed to litjourn@yahoo.com. Please include your contact information and a 100-200 word abstract in the body of your email. LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory also welcomes submissions for general issues.

Guest Editors: Karen J. Renner, Northern Arizona University, and Dawn Keetley, Lehigh University

Editors: Dwight Codr and Tara Harney-Mahajan
 

Last updated May 28, 2020