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 Unpublished and recently published essays on the skeptical side of these questions (and essays on the implications of such questions) are invited for a proposed volume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]