The Intertextual Hemingway (12/15/02; ALA, 5/22/02-5/25/02)

The Intertextual Hemingway
Hemingway Society Session
American Literature Association

Deadline for abstracts: 12/15/02

Despite his lack of formal education past high school, and despite his popular reputation as an anti-intellectual, Ernest Hemingway was one of the best-read writers of his generation, and the Hemingway Text reveals his overt reliance on artists of his own and previous generations. This panel will consist of papers that examine intertextualities among Hemingway's texts and those of other writers, visual artists, and composers (artists whose influence he admitted and those he did not).

Papers considering the influence of a single artist on multiple texts or the influence of multiple artists on a single text are welcome. Papers discussing intertextuality between/among the Hemingway Text and pop or pulp culture artists will be given special consideration.

We are interested in proposals that push the limits of traditional literary influence and textual study and significantly broaden and complicate understanding of some aspect of Hemingway studies - individual texts, multiple texts, the Text as a whole, Hemingway as a writer, Hemingway as a public figure, Hemingway's critical reputation, Hemingway in the classroom, etc.

Papers will also be considered for a proposed volume on the Intertextual Hemingway, currently in the planning stages. Although the teleology of panel presentations will be primarily unidirectional (Hemingway's use of other texts), we are seeking essays discussing other artists' use of Hemingway's texts for the collection.

Please submit a title, a 250 word abstract, and a brief vita, in duplicate, to:

Hilary K. Justice
English - Box 4240
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790

hjustic@ilstu.edu

Robert W. Trogdon
Institute for Bibliography and Editing
Suite 1118, Main Library
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242

rtrogdon@kent.edu

A note on electronic submissions: Please include your proposal in the body of the email and not as an attachment.

Robert W. Trogdon
Assistant Executive Editor
Cambridge Edition of Joseph Conrad
330-672-0343
rtrogdon@kent.edu