MARK TWAIN AMONG THE CRITICS: CALL FOR ESSAYS

Twentieth-century critics have often concerned themselves with various
sub-and
extra-literary questions about Mark Twain--whether he practiced "bad faith"
in his work, whether he subverted his genius to the status quo of the Gilded
Age, whether he was a plagiarist, an opportunist, a racist, a sexist, an
imperialist, a drunkard, a psychopath, a homosexual, a pedophile, etc. etc.
Unpublished and recently published essays on the skeptical side of these
questions (and essays on the implications of such questions) are invited for
a
proposed volume edited by Jim McWillams and Rick Hill. Payment will be in
copies of the book and/or a small honorarium, pending final arrangements
with
the publisher. Essays should be 10-20 manuscript pages and follow the
Chicago
manual of style. Send one paper copy of abstract or complete manuscript (or
a
photocopy of published work) along with a vita and S.A.S.E. to Rick Hill,
Department of English, Taylor University, Upland IN 46989 by August 1, 1997.
For further information, call or e-mail:

Rick Hill: (765) 998-4971; [log in to unmask]
Jim McWilliams: (308) 436-4804; [log in to unmask]