Building on recent scholarly attention to the intersections between literary and celebrity studies, this panel seeks papers on the phenomenon of literary celebrity in nineteenth century Anglophone culture. Of particular interest are the ways in which such celebrity inflects and is inflected by the social discourses of the period, including those of gender, sexuality, race, imperialism, class, print culture, crime, and performance. Interdisciplinary and comparative approaches encouraged ...
Event Location:
Boston, MA
Event type:
Event
Categories:
American [1]
British [3]
Popular Culture [4]
African-American [5]
1865-1914 [8]
Romantics [9]
Victorian [10]
Sponsoring Organization(s) :
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Event date:
Thursday, March 21, 2013 to Sunday, March 24, 2013
Abstract due date:
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Event Name:
NEMLA 2013
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