Call for Articles: Forum for Modern Language Studies - Contemporary Poetry from Europe and the Americas

[Claire Whitehead]

Dear Colleagues,

Please see below for details of a Call for Articles for a forthcoming
Special Issue of the journal, Forum for Modern Language Studies, dedicated
to 'Contemporary Poetry from Europe and the Americas'.
I know that the editor, Professor Steven Winspur (swinspur at wisc.edu), is
particularly keen for scholars of contemporary Russian poetry to consider
submitting abstracts to him for this issue.
Yours truly,
Claire Whitehead

FORUM   FOR   MODERN   LANGUAGE   STUDIES

Forthcoming Special Issue

Contemporary Poetry from Europe and the Americas

Call for Articles

This special issue will introduce readers to poets writing on both sides of
the Atlantic during the last twenty-five years. All of the poets considered
should have either changed the definition of poetry as a genre, moved beyond
the conveying of information to produce new poetic effects, or revised their
readers’ understanding of language. Articles written in English on
individual poets, or on groupings of not more than three, are sought. Rather
than give an overview of trends within national literatures, the issue will,
in addition to the points suggested above, examine the ways in which poetry
from the continents of Europe and the Americas demonstrates its relevance today.
          The issue will include eight or nine articles each devoted to
poetry that has been published in one of the following countries or regions:
Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Britain, North America, South America.
Additional articles will be considered on poetry from the French- or
Spanish-speaking Caribbean, or from Central America.
         The possibility exists for Forum to enable its contributors to
publish supplementary data, including video clips, photographs, or sound
recordings on the journal’s web-site.  Authors might, therefore, consider
accompanying their articles with relevant images or recordings. Advice about
copyright is available on request.
          Prospective contributors are invited to send a 300-word outline by
email to the Special Issue editor, Steven Winspur, swinspur at wisc.edu, by
June 15 2010. Articles chosen for further consideration must be submitted in
draft by 15 November 2010, and the definitive version by 15 March 2011.
Texts should be no longer than 5,000–6,000 words, including endnotes. They
must conform to the FMLS stylesheet which is available upon request.
Inquiries are most welcome and should be sent by email to the Special Issue
editor. Articles which do not find a place in the Special Issue will be
considered for inclusion in general issues of FMLS, which appear twice annually.


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