CFP: Howells sessions at ALA 2008

W.D. Howells Society

2008 ALA Panel Topics / Calls for papers

1. The International Howells

The William Dean Howells Society invites paper proposals addressing “The International Howells” for the 2008 ALA Convention in San Francisco (22-25 May, 2008). Paper topics are invited on any aspect of Howells’s work that touches on the international: fiction; criticism and reviews; travel writing, etc.

2. The Domestic Howells

The William Dean Howells Society invites paper proposals addressing “The Domestic Howells” for the 2008 ALA Convention in San Francisco (22-25 May, 2008). Paper topics are invited on any aspect of Howells’s work touching on the “domestic”: fiction set in the U.S.; fiction examining domestic life; criticism and reviews; autobiography; reportage and non-fiction, etc.

For either panel, please send a 500-word abstract and a brief c.v. (separate MS Word attachments) by 7 January, 2008 to Rob Davidson: rgdavidson@csuchico.edu. Or post to:

Dr. Rob Davidson

Dept. of English

Taylor Hall

California State University, Chico

Chico, CA 95929-0830