Hello all:

Now that the Elmira conference has ended, I thought I'd remind you that
Rick Hill and I are seeking essays for a proposed collection about the
state of Twain studies.  Our call for papers is below.

So far, we have accepted a half-dozen essays, but we would like another
five or six to round out the collection.  If you would like to contribute,
please don't hesitate to contact Rick or me.


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 Unpublished and recently published essays on the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 1 January 1998. For further information,
call or e-mail:

Rick Hill: (765) 998-4971; [log in to unmask]
Jim McWilliams: (334) 670-6670; [log in to unmask]

Jim McWilliams