I am posting this on behalf of the conference organizer: please email her directly if you have questions.
CALL FOR PAPERS: 200 YEARS OF SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
a Two Day Conference
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS,
9–10 SEPTEMBER 2011
Keynote speakers:
Kathryn Sutherland (St Anne’s College, Oxford)
and
Paula Byrne (author of the new Harper Collins Jane Austen biography).
‘I am never too busy to think of S&S’, Jane Austen wrote to her sister, Cassandra in April 1811. The year saw the publication of her first novel and to mark the anniversary, we are hosting a conference that reflects upon two hundred years of readership and opens up new interpretations of the novel. We invite proposals for 20-minute papers and round table panels on any aspect of the novel.
Possible topics may include but are not limited to:
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Social and historical context
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Reception
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Tradition of Sensibility/contemporary aesthetic theory
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Literary influences
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Sibling relationships
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Feminist readings
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Adaptations and appropriations
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Re-writings and sequels
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The novel’s place in the canon
Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to the conference organisers, Marina Cano López and Rose Pimentel, at 200sensibilities [at] gmail [dot] com
Please also email us with any questions at the above address. The deadline for proposals is 30 June 2011
For more information, please visit:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/200sensibilities
University of St. Andrews
