Maison Balzac

Cristina Cassina Announcement
Subject Fields
Humanities, French History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Political History / Studies, Intellectual History

Maison Balzac

Was he the finest analyst of French society in the mid-nineteenth century or just a great reactionary? Could we consider him a brilliant novelist but an insignificant doctrinaire? Everything and its opposite has been said about Honoré de Balzac.

The call for papers of  2/2019 issue of Suite française is dedicated to him. The image of maison we suggest represents an invite to cross the barrier of the specialistic perspective and to explore its fascinating pages.
In search of Balzac as anthropologist, sociologist, politician, economist, jurist, naturalist, moralist and, of course, narrator as well.

The intent is inclusive: to stimulate proposals that reflect on intellectual, editorial, artistic issues in broad sense, comment a single works (fictional or non fictional), identify themes that cover his writings or discuss about the interpretations Balzac offers of various historical and political phases and environments.

The proposals can be articulated in these ways:

-Papers scientific in nature, between 20.000 and 50.000 characters long, with an introductive abstract and five keywords. Each paper will be subject to anonymous peer review by two experts.

-Short papers, between 5.000 and 15.000 characters long, that will be evaluated by the Editorial Committee and that could be published in sans souci section.

 

Arrangaments for the submissions:
The proposals, not exceeding 2.000 characters, accompanied by a temporary title and a brief biographical note, have be sent to suitefrancaise@labcd.unipi.it not later than December 31, 2018.

The selection will be announced by January 31, 2019.

The definitive papers, drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the journal, must arrive by May 31, 2019 in time for the double anonimous peer review. The issue is scheduled for the autumn: Suite française 2/2019.

Contact Information

Suite française. rivista di cultura e politica

Contact Email
suitefrancaise@labcd.unipi.it