Call for Papers
II Warsaw Literary Meeting
Deceit and imposture in 18th- and 19th-century British literature
Warsaw Literary Meeting is a series workshops organised by the British
Studies Centre of the University of Warsaw. The purpose of the workshops
is to generate discussion and encourage cooperation between
scholars with diverse research interests. Each workshop
concentrates on one specific theme in the literary and cultural
life of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The topic of the second workshop will be
“Deceit and imposture in 18th- and 19th century British literature”.
The workshop will be convened by Jakub Lipski (Kazimierz Wielki
University, Bydgoszcz) and will be held on November 20, 2014.
By choosing the form of a workshop, we want to move away from
the traditional conference format. Speakers will be asked to prepare
and send their papers (up to 30.000 characters) beforehand to all
participants. During the workshop each speaker will briefly
summarise his/her main points, after which all the participants
will be invited to take part in a discussion.
The deadline for submitting proposals (about 200 words) is September 20.
Complete papers will be expected by October 20.
Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
-mask and disguise in literature
-impostors, tricksters, frauds and masqueraders as literary characters
-hypocrisy and/as civility
-unmasking and detection as plot patterns
-literary forgeries and hoaxes
-writing as masquerade: the politics of pseudonyms and anonymity
-writing li(v)es
Proposals, completed papers and all queries should be addressed to
warsaw.literature.meeting@gmail.com
We hope that this workshop will be followed by many meetings
on other subjects. People with ideas for future workshops
are encouraged to send in their proposals.
