** This is the second call for chapters **
As part of the Manchester University Press series, Contemporary American and Canadian Writers, this volume will chart recent and emerging c
ritical opinion on the celebrated author, Marilynne Robinson. Having issued an earlier call for papers, the editors now seek proposals that specifically address the following areas:
- Robinson and her contemporaries;
- Robinson’s nonfiction writing;
- Robinson and race;
- Robinson’s role as a public intellectual;
- Literary review culture, prize giving, and the production of “literary” fiction via the Iowa Writers’ Workshop;
- Robinson’s engagement with history, particularly the ongoing relevance of the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and/or Civil Rights Movement to her work;
- Robinson and US intellectual history.
Please email abstracts of no more than 300 words with your institutional affiliation and brief bio (c. 250 words) to robinsonsymposium@gmail.com no later than 15th September 2017.
All chapters will be subject to a blind peer review process and full details and submission guidelines will be provided to contributors on acceptance of proposals. Any queries should be sent to the editors at robinsonsymposium@gmail.com.