Call for Book Chapters: Women and Belles Lettres in the Long Nineteenth Century (Extended Deadline)

Elena Shabliy Announcement
Announcement Type
Call for Publications
Location
Massachusetts, United States
Subject Fields
Intellectual History, Literature, Women's & Gender History / Studies

Many novelists in various national literatures touched upon the theme of an emancipated woman in the long nineteenth century. Imagination, as it is believed, has no borders and is dialogical in its nature.  Different voices of great emancipationist writers merged into one influential symphony liberating and awakening consciousness of slaves—males and females. If writers did not support directly or sympathized with the image of an emancipated woman, they did reflect on her place in society and her belonging. World literature allows us to take a closer look at the imagined and real women's lives, at their biographies and reminiscent writing. This study explores the image of an emancipated woman that was ahead of her time and a very controversial figure in the long nineteenth century as well as earlier. The name of George Sand (1804-1876), née Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was crucial in the process of women's emancipation and shaping of the women's movement world-wide. Her work was very influential in Europe and elsewhere. The George Sand of England—George Eliot—contributed to the "woman question" on the same footing. In Russia, there was their own "Russian George Sand," Elena Gan, who wrote novels about the marginalized and new femininities suffering in the stifling atmosphere of suburbia.  Her name, however, is not as widespread as two other Georges. Comparative approaches are also welcome in this collection. This interdisciplinary edited volume is under contract with Cambridge Scholars Press. By November 1, please submit a 250-300 word abstract and your CV to Dr. Elena Shabliy: eshabliy@tulane.edu.

Contact Information

Dr. Elena Shabliy eshabliy@tulane.edu, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University.

Contact Email
eshabliy@tulane.edu