call for litcrit papers

[julesjones]

[fx: pokes relevant bits of flist]

sarahf  aka Dr. Sarah S. G. Frantz at uncfsu.edu has posted a call for papers on "The Mind of Love: New Approaches to Popular Romance", and I can think of at least two of you academic types who might have something interesting to say on the subject [*cough* fanfic, Austen]. More details here:

http://sarahf.livejournal.com/326338.html

(There is more in there in earlier posts that makes me think I should be blog-checking tomorrow...)

Comments

[esmeraldus-neo.livejournal.com]

[bigeyes]

You are not looking kitty-ward, I hope. You *must* know more than one academic with an Austen kink.

[sarahf.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, there's this one, but please, we'd love discussion of modern uses of Austen!

[julesjones]

I *think* someone else does, but I was looking at you as well. Just in case you were lacking in something to do after your exams are over. :->

More seriously, I'm not sure if you would have time, but there are some suggested topics that I think might interest you. These are the deadlines should you be feeling at a loose end between conferences next month:
"Detailed abstract or draft essay and a short CV are due by June 1, 2007. Final essays will be due December 1, 2007."

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

I sent a query as to whether they're interested in an essay about the stuff I have been reading and thinking about. It seems like it might be too far from the core concerns of the collection, and I'm not very academic, but it wopuld be an opportunity to get the things I've been thinking about taken seriously, sort of. So I asked.

[sarahf.livejournal.com]

The other thing is that we're playing around with the idea of having some more non-academic essays mixed in with the academic essays. So if you're worried about that, don't let it bother you for now. We're going to revel in what we get for the June deadline, then send out lots of lovely acceptances and guidelines for exactly what we want each essay to look like. So it can't hurt to send it out and just see what happens.

[sarahf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the shout-out! I appreciate it.

Oh, and I found those extra videos you were talking about! Certainly worth looking at!

[julesjones]

They're very pretty. :-)

Now music vids would be an interesting topic for an essay. There are some very good ones out there that reconstruct tv shows to bring out a slash sub-text, and the art form has been around a lot longer than YouTube has. But I bet the best person I can think of for that is snowed under at work.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

ciao jules. I cross posted and translated in italian for my blog the call for papers... maybe someone from italy can write something... ciao, elisa

[julesjones]

Thanks, Elisa. :-)

Did you want some more book excerpts for translation for the blog? I didn't like to push because you've got a lot of stuff to translate, but if you're out of excerpts you're welcome to more of mine.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

ciao jules. You have a coming soon book, isn't it? those of dolphin... maybe we can think about something. The fisrt monday of march I have a post with Anne Cain, and I don't want to put too meat on fire (do you say so in England?). When is out your book? It is too late if we think for the first monday of april? ciao, elisa

[julesjones]

It's currently scheduled for somewhere around then (shh, I didn't say that...), but I'm not sure if I'd have the final version in time for you to do a translation for the first Monday. It's probably time to email me editor and prod her anyway...

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

no problem so. we can wait: I will reserve the month of april like Jules' month! :-))) if is not the first monday we have other days on. ciao, elisa