===================== HES POSTING =================== [Forwarded from H-Net Announcements. After the description of the book project, there is a list of contributions still needed, including Marx, James Mill, Harriet Martineau, and a few others historians of economics may be interested in. -- RBE] Second Call for Contributors MAKERS OF WESTERN CULTURE, 1800-1914: A Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences (Greenwood Press, forthcoming 1999) During the past two decades there has been growing interest in the process of cultural development and, more specifically, in the role of reading as a part of that process. As a result of recent studies, it has become increasingly clear that the influence of "great" ideas and cononical writers was less direct and more particular than traditional studies in intellectual history had imagined. MAKERS OF WESTERN CULTURE will be a practical tool to assist scholars in tracing the actual reading experience of several hundred of the most significant figures responsible for the general cultural development of Europe and the Anglo-American world between 1800 and 1914. The editors are seeking articles of from 500-850 words on the following people: Anderson, Hans Christian (1805-75). Denmark, author. Arnold, Thomas (1795-1842). England, educator. Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922). Scotland/US, inventor. Bjornson, Bjornstjerne (1832-1910). Norway, man-of-letters. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-59). England, engineer. Buckle, Thomas Henry (1821-62). England, historian. Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1803-73). England, author, politician. Caldecott, Randolph (1846-86). England, illustrator. Campoamor, Ramon de (1817-1901). Spain, poet. Carroll, Lewis (1832-98). England, author. Chamberlain, Houston Stewart (1855-1927). England, scholar, racial theorist. Cobbett, William (1763-1835). England, journalist, agriculturalist. Curie, Marie Sklodowska (1867-1934). Poland/France, physicist. Dore, Gustave (1832-83). France, illustrator. Frazer, James George (1854-1941). England, anthropologist, scholar. Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-65). England, novelist. Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose (1746-1828). Spain, painter. Lamb, Charles (1775-1834). England, essayist. Larra, Mariano Jose de (1809-37). Spain, essayist and critic. Lincoln, Abraham (1809-65). U.S., president. Martineau, Harriett (1802-76). England, journalist, critic. Marx, Karl (1818-83). Germany, historian, economist. Mill, James (1773-1836). England, political economist, historian. Millais, John Everett (1829-96). England, painter. Nobel, Alfred (1833-96). Sweden, industrialist, philanthropist. Perez Galdos, Benito (1843-1920). Spain, novelist, dramatist. Ranke, Leopold von (1795-1885). Germany, historian. Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). England, poet. Sigurdsson, Jon (1811-79). Iceland, man of letters, politician. Stanley, Henry Morton (1841-1904). Wales/U.S., journalist, explorer. Strauss, David Friedrich (1808-74). Germany, theologian, critic. Should there be prominent 19th-century figures in which you are interested but which are not on this list, please let me know of your interest. Additional subjects may become available in the near future. DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES: February 1, 1999 Authors will have two major goals in preparing articles: a. To provide a concise summary of the the reading which influenced their subject/subjects. Typically an article will incorporate both educational reading and other early influences, and notice of works read as an adult. b. To provide clear direction to more extensive analyses or information. If you would like a full prospectus with Notes for Contributors, please contact: [Continental and American Entries] Dr. John Powell Division of Humanities Penn State, Erie Station Road Erie, PA 16563 (814) 898-6443 [log in to unmask] [British Entries] Dr. Derek Blakeley Department of History Box 1062 Washington University One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]