The Wordsworth-Coleridge Association Call for Papers

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Previous articleNext article FreeThe Wordsworth-Coleridge Association Call for PapersPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreModern Language Association Convention, January 5–8, 2023, San Francisco, CAThe Wordsworth-Coleridge Association is an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association that meets annually during the MLA Convention. Along with an annual festive lunch, the Wordsworth-Coleridge Association is allowed to propose up to two scholarly sessions. For the MLA Convention in San Francisco, proposals are invited on the following topic.Romanticism and SexualityWhat role does Romanticism play in the history of sexuality? How did British and European Romantic texts and practices participate in the emergence of modern sexuality? How anachronistic is it to use the term “sexuality” when describing Romanticism? This session is open to considering such topics as (among others) the relation between gender experimentation and sexual experimentation; Romantic “sexology” (can there be said to be a pre-Victorian discourse of sexology?); the fluidity of biological sex; sexual roles and mores; the relation between sexual liberation and political liberty; the status of gender; sexual difference(s); the borders between normal and abnormal sexual practices; the discourses of Romantic sexuality (e.g., medical, political, ethical, anthropological, literary). Proposals considering the intersectional cultural politics of sexuality, race, and gender are especially welcome.Please submit abstracts (maximum 300 words) by March 15, 2022, to James McKusick ([email protected]). The MLA requires (in addition to an abstract) a brief biographical statement (circa 300 words), written in the third person, including the presenter’s name, title, affiliation, final degree institution and date, scholarly interests and publications. Particularly relevant are scholarship and publications that directly relate to the proposed session topic. Please include some persuasive points about the importance, significance, and contribution of the proposed presentation and any previous work you have done relating to the session topic.All MLA program participants must be members of the Modern Language Association by April 1, 2022. For information on the MLA Convention: http://www.mla.org/conventionAll subscribers to The Wordsworth Circle are members of the Wordsworth-Coleridge Association. Essays selected for presentation at MLA will be considered for publication in The Wordsworth Circle. Please address any questions regarding the Wordsworth-Coleridge Association to the President of the Association:Prof. James McKusick (e-mail: [email protected])Department of EnglishUniversity of Missouri–Kansas CityKansas City, MO 64110 Previous articleNext article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Wordsworth Circle Volume 53, Number 1Winter 2022In Honor of Marilyn Gaull Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/719739 Views: 690 © 2022 The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.