On 12-14 February 2017, the Department of English and Linguistics, University of Otago, will host ‘Family Ties,’ an international symposium exploring literary kinship and creative production in nineteenth-century Britain. The CFP is below.<\/p>\n
Plenary Speakers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Judith Pascoe<\/a>, University of Iowa In 1800, poet and playwright Joanna Baillie dedicated her Series of Plays to her physician brother Matthew Baillie for his \u201cunwearied zeal and brotherly partiality\u201d; Matthew himself had recently edited the anatomical research of their uncles, John and William Hunter. At century\u2019s end, Oscar Wilde cited his mother Jane Wilde\u2019s translation of Sidonia the Sorceress (1849) and his great-uncle Charles Maturin\u2019s Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) as his \u201cfavourite romantic reading when a boy.\u201d Family played an important role in the literary and artistic productions of the long nineteenth century, from the Burneys to the Bront\u00ebs, and the Rossettis to the Doyles. Critical approaches ranging from Noel Annan\u2019s \u201cIntellectual Aristocracy\u201d to Bruno Latour\u2019s Actor-Network-Theory have provided useful ways of assessing and contextualising the role of family in the creative production of writers and artists, but still the role of the family remains under explored.<\/p>\n We invite submissions for \u201cFamily Ties\u201d focused on British literary and artistic families in the nineteenth century. Topics for 20-minute papers might include:<\/p>\n Interdisciplinary Influences
\nDevoney Looser<\/a>, Arizona State University<\/p>\n
\nCollaborations and\/or Dissents
\nAuthorial Identity\/ies
\nCommunities and Networks
\nRedefining Family Units
\nStages of Life (births, marriages, deaths)
\nReimaginings of nineteenth-century families
\nFamilies, Creativity, and Empire
\nEconomics of Family Authorship
\nLiterary and Artistic Legacies
\nLittle-known Relations
\nGenerational Influences<\/p>\n