Revisiting The Gilded Age -- what a great idea. http://clevelandbusinessreview.org/2013/08/16/our-gelded-age/ -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 12/1/15, Richey, Ms. Carolyn L <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Subject: Call for Papers-- Mark Twain: The Gilded Age Exposed To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 12:04 PM SCMLA 73rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE November 3 - 5, 2016 Sheraton Dallas Hotel * 400 North Olive Street * Dallas, TX 75201 The Spectacular City: Glamour, Decadence, and Celebrity in Literature and C= ulture Call for Papers: Mark Twain: The Gilded Age Exposed Mark Twain's The Gilded Age reveals the corruption beneath the spectacular = glitter of the period. Mark Twain coined the phrase the Gilded Age for the= latter 19th Century and the generation in which he wrote. It was marked b= y the Gold Rush to the western state of California, as well as the glorifie= d American Eastern Culture of the Literati, the very rich, and the very fam= ous. He even wrote of the First Families of Virginia who migrated west of = the Mississippi and held the positions of power in the burgeoning frontier.= Because of the diversity of his writing, including fiction, travel writin= gs and lecture tours, his ideas encompass these American dreams of glamour,= decadence and celebrity. Please submit your abstracts or papers regarding= these ideas by February 1, 2016 to Carolyn Leutzinger Richey via email to = [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or by regular mail to: Carolyn Leutzinger Richey Tarleton State University Department of English and Languages Box T-0300 Stephenville, TX 76402 Because this is a special session which I am trying to establish as a regul= ar session on Mark Twain, I encourage all of you to consider sending an abs= tract or paper. I realize that there is a conflict with the SAMLA Conferen= ce, but there's room for us all! Thanks, Carolyn ---------------------------------------------------- Carolyn Leutzinger Richey Tarleton State University Department of English and Languages Office: OAG334 Box T-0-300 254-968-9511 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>