CFP Robertson Davies

[Alvina Ruprecht]

big news from Denis Salter..
Not to my taste in any case.
Alvina

Denis Salter wrote:

> Colleagues: Russell Brown asked me to send out this CFP for the
> Robertson Davies conference at Massey College in November.  He would
> very much welcome papers on Davies and the theatre. --Denis
> Salter.  CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Proposals are invited for
>
> Reconsiderations of Robertson Davies
>
> A Conference at Massey College, University of Toronto
> Friday, Nov. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006
>
> Proposals for papers of about 20 minutes on any aspect of Robertson
> Davies'
> literary contributions-the Deptford Trilogy and other fiction, his
> dramas,
> his essays, his letters, his role in Canadian literary culture-are
> invited.
>
>
> How do we view Davies' works today?
> Which of his texts continue to attract us as critics -
> and what do we have to say about them?
> What new contexts or critical approaches inform our reading?
> What is Davies' place now in the classroom and the canon?
>
>
> Please send a 250-word abstract in the body of an e-mail message by
> May 15
> to
>
> Russell Morton Brown and Donna Bennett at rbrown at chass.utoronto.ca
>
> or by mail to
>
> Russell Morton Brown and Donna Bennett
> Department of Humanities, University of Toronto at Scarborough
> 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4
>
> Panel proposals are also welcomed
>
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> their
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