Elizabeth Madox Roberts Conference

XI ANNUAL ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS CONFERENCE

APRIL 18-20, 2009

Harrodsburg and Springfield (Roberts’ hometown), KY

The XI Annual Elizabeth Madox Roberts Conference will be held April 18-20, 2009, at St. Catharine College (Springfield, KY) and the Beaumont Inn (Harrodsburg, KY).

Conference directors welcome papers on any aspect of Elizabeth Madox Roberts’ life and work. Papers may also deal intertextually with Roberts and other writers; Roberts in the context of the Southern Renascence; Roberts viewed from regional and historical perspectives; Roberts and Modernism; stylistic studies, etc. First time reader response papers or essays of discovery and celebration from new readers of Roberts are strongly encouraged.

Titles and abstracts are due January 10, 2009. Papers should be no more than 15 minutes in oral presentation. Academic paper sessions will be held at St. Catharine College, Springfield. The conference headquarters is the lovely and legendary Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg.

Email title and abstract to:
Nicole McDaniel (Texas A&M), Program Chair, at nicolemcdc@tamu.edu.

Please send a copy also to at least one other member of the Program Committee:
Goretti Vianney-Benca (SUNY New Paltz) at vianneyg@aol.com; Vicki Barker (Carson-Newman College) at vbarker@cn.edu; William Boyle (University of Mississippi) at williamboyle4444@yahoo.com; Matthew Nickel (University of Louisiana-Lafayette) at sapling805@yahoo.com; Alex Shakespeare (Boston College) at alexandriesse@yahoo.com; Natalie Khoury (University of Georgia) at nkhoury@uga.edu; or Gisele Sigal (Universite de Pau, France) at gisele.sigal@iutbayonne.univ-pau.fr.

Direct all other conference inquiries to the Conference Co-directors: Brad McDuffie, Dept. of English, Nyack College (bigtwoheartedriver@earthlink.net) and H. R. Stoneback, Dept. of English, SUNY New Paltz, 75 S. Manheim Blvd., New Paltz, NY 12561 (Stoney_Sparrow@webtv.net).

See the Roberts Society website (emrsociety.com) for further information, archived newsletters, and recent critical studies of Roberts.

Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Essays of Discovery and Recovery

Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Essays of Discovery and Recovery

Edited by H. R. Stoneback, Nicole Camastra, and Steven Florczyk

"This volume is the second of the two books devoted to Elizabeth Madox Roberts to be published in the same year--annus mirabilis! Before the appearance of these two volumes, more than four decades had elapsed since the last book-length critical study of Roberts was published. In many ways, this book serves as a companion piece to its immediate predecessor, Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Essays of Reassessment and Reclamation (edited by H. R. Stoneback and Steven Florczyk). We will not repeat what was said in the introduction to that volume regarding the history of the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, from whose annual conferences most of the essays in the present study emanate. It will suffice here to note that the publication of both these landmark volumes signals the celebration, in 2008, of the tenth anniversary of the Roberts Society." (from the Introduction)

This new book of critical essays on Elizabeth Madox Roberts is available for sale at $20 (includes shipping and handling). Included in this book is new fiction by Roberts (fragments from Sallie May, "The Prophet" and notes On Poetry), and critical essays by H. R. Stoneback, William H. Slavick, Wade Hall, Vicki Barker, William Boyle, Nicole Camastra, Damian Carpenter, Steven Florczyk, Angela Green, Tina Iraca, Emily Kane, Brad McDuffie, Jennings Mace, Gregg Neikirk, Matthew Nickel, Erin Presley, Katy Shores, Nicole Boucher Spottke and Nicole Valentino, James Stamant, John Weatherford, and Gerald Preher.

Anyone interested in purchasing a copy, please send a check (for $20 made out to H.R. Stoneback) to:

H.R. Stoneback
Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society
Department of English
SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, NY 12561

Illumination & Praise: Poems for Elizabeth Madox Roberts and Kentucky

Des Hymnagistes Press is proud to announce its most recent publication of Illumination & Praise: Poems for Elizabeth Madox Roberts and Kentucky. This volume, edited by Matthew Nickel, contains poets: H. R. Stoneback, Charlie Hughes, Ron Whitehead, Charles Semones, Lynn Behrendt, Ed Butler, William Boyle, Alex Andriesse Shakespeare, Brad McDuffie, James Stamant, Gregg Neikirk, Michael Beilfuss, Damian Carpenter, Steven Florczyk, and Matthew Nickel. This past weekend at Penn's Store outside Gravel Switch, KY, the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society members included in the book read their poems in dedication to the writer and her native soil of Kentucky. There are still a few copies available for sale (1 book for $12 or 2 books for $20). Please contact deshymnagistes@gmail.com for further information.

Roberts Sessions at SAMLA, November 7-9, 2008 in Louisville, KY

Papers may deal with all aspects of Roberts’s work and life. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: Roberts in the context of Southern literature, Roberts and other writers (i.e. Roberts and Faulkner, Roberts and Yeats, Roberts and James Still, Roberts and Wendell Berry, Roberts and John Burroughs), Roberts and Southern Agrarianism, Roberts’s literary and stylistic influences (i.e. Synge, Hardy, Joyce, Homer, Hopkins, Beethoven), Roberts and nature writing, Roberts and Modernism, Roberts and the novel, Roberts as poet, Roberts as writer of short fiction, Roberts and regionalism, Roberts and the politics of literary reputation, Roberts and feminism, Roberts and Kentucky. Papers should run between fifteen and twenty minutes long. Please submit a title and 250 word abstract to Steven Florczyk (florczyk@uga.edu) or Goretti Vianney-Benca (VianneyG@aol.com). The deadline for proposals is May 15, 2008.

Robert Penn Warren Circle Seeking Papers on Roberts/Warren Connection

Robert Penn Warren Circle CFP's--SAMLA 2008

Warren’s was a critical voice that either explicitly or implicitly provided analysis of and approbation for women writers such as Caroline Gordon, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Eudora Welty, and Katherine Anne Porter, among many others; on the other hand, Warren himself admitted the influence of more than one woman’s expertise in writing on his own. This panel seeks to examine the sources, outcomes, and/or significances of Warren’s critical or artistic appreciations of such women writers as revealed through his personal, critical, or artistic relationships with any or all of the women whose writing careers overlapped with or intersected his own. By email only, send proposals of 250-500 words, suitable for 15-20 minute presentations, to Pat Bradley, , by 12 May 2008. Questions on the topic may also be directed to that email address.

Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Essays of Reassessment & Reclamation

Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Essays of Reassessment & Reclamation, edited by H.R. Stoneback and Steven Florczyk, may be purchased from your local bookstore, on-line vendors such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or directly from the publisher.


Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Essays of Reassessment & Reclamation (2008), 335 pages. ISBN 978-1-893239-77-7 $20.00

Wind Publications
600 Overbrook Dr
Nicholasville, KY 40356

This volume is the first book-length collection of critical essays to deal with the life and work of Elizabeth Madox Roberts. It is also the first book of any kind, in many years, to be devoted to the study of Roberts, and it is the hope of the editors and the many contributors here that this book will serve to redress the neglect of a writer whom we believe to be one of the most important Kentucky — and Southern and American — writers.

This publication coincides with the tenth anniversary of the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, which holds its annual spring conferences at Saint Catharine College (and in Harrodsburg and Springfield, Kentucky). The work of this society has been, as the title of this volume indicates, to reassess and to reclaim a writer who, though widely known and well-regarded by her contemporaries, is little known today.

When her first novel, The Time of Man, appeared in 1926, it was hailed by a national — indeed international — chorus of writers and critics as one of the finest American novels ever. Remarkably, such critical esteem was echoed by great popular success. While neither critical favor nor fame ensures any writer’s canonical endurance, the way that Roberts has fallen off the literary map since her death in 1941 presents a curious case to ponder. It is to be hoped that this volume will contribute to a new cartography, a redrawn map of twentieth-century American literature with Roberts securely placed and located.

EMR T-shirts & Call for Photos

Hello everyone,

We have made a T-shirt for the 10th Anniversary of the EMR Conference.

To simplify things we have put it up on Cafe Press so that people could just order one at their own convenience.

On the other hand, they are a bit pricey (+20 with s/h) and so we want to put a bulk order in to offset the cost.

If you want to get in on the bulk order then send me a check for $14 and your t-shirt size.


Also, we are trying to get a Roberts 10th Anniversary DVD and would love to include your pictures, if you have any, from past Roberts Conferences. If you have more than five I would ask that you send them on a CD to the address below.

I hope I've covered everything.

If you are going to order a shirt or send pictures they need to be sent within the next week so that everything is ready before the conference.

Oh, you can check the T-shirt out here:
http://www.cafepress.com/m_a_s_t.56926452

Thanks.
Look forward to seeing everyone in Kentucky,

Brad McDuffie
172 Phillies Bridge Rd.
New Paltz, NY. 12561

EMR Call For Papers Deadline Extension

Please take note that the deadline for submissions has been extended to:

February 4, 2008.

Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society
Call for Papers

10th Annual Conference
April 19-21, 2008
Springfield and Harrodsburg, Kentucky

The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, now celebrating its 10th year, is issuing a call for papers on all aspects of Roberts's work and life. Papers may deal intertextually with Roberts and other writers, Roberts in the context of the Southern Renaissance, Roberts viewed from regional and historical perspectives, Roberts and Modernism, stylistic studies, etc.

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
--Roberts in the context of Southern literature
--Roberts and other writers (i.e. Roberts and Faulkner, Roberts and Yeats, Roberts and James Still, Roberts and Wendell Berry, Roberts and John Burroughs)
--Roberts and Southern Agrarianism
--Roberts's literary and stylistic influences (i.e. Synge, Hardy, Joyce, Homer, Hopkins, Beethoven)
--Roberts and nature writing
--Roberts and Modernism
--Roberts and the novel
--Roberts and regionalism
--Roberts and the politics of literary reputation
--Roberts and feminism
--Roberts and Kentucky

Papers should be approximately fifteen minutes long. Please submit title and brief abstract to Jamie Stamant(stam202@tamu.edu). Deadline: February 4, 2008.

EMRS Newsletter: Call for Submissions

The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter is accepting submissions. Please send any items of interest, whether related to Roberts's life or work, to sflorczyk@msn.com.

Call for Papers: 2008 EMR Society Conference

To all Roberts Society Members:
Please note that the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society has issued its
call for papers. Spring of 2008 will mark the 10th anniversary of the
Roberts Society's annual conference, being held April 19-21, 2008. The
conference will be held in Harrodsburg and Springfield, Kentucky. The
conference headquarters is the historic Beaumont Inn in Harrodsburg.
Academic paper sessions will be held at St. Catherine College and may deal
with all aspects of Roberts's work and life.

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
--Roberts in the context of Southern literature
--Roberts and other writers (i.e. Roberts and Faulkner, Roberts and
Yeats,
Roberts and James Still, Roberts and Wendell Berry, Roberts and John Burroughs)
--Roberts and Southern Agrarianism
--Roberts's literary and stylistic influences (i.e. Synge, Hardy,
Joyce, Homer, Hopkins, Beethoven)
--Roberts and nature writing
--Roberts and Modernism
--Roberts and the novel
--Roberts and regionalism
--Roberts and the politics of literary reputation
--Roberts and feminism
--Roberts and Kentucky 


Papers should be approximately fifteen minutes long. Please submit
title and brief abstract to James Stamant (stam202@tamu.edu)  Deadline:
January 15, 2008.
Direct all other inquiries to the Conference Co-Directors, Gregg
Neikirk, Dept. of English, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA 01085 and
H. R. Stoneback, Dept. of English, SUNY-New Paltz, New Paltz, NY 12561.
Conference lodging and registration information will be e-mailed in January to everyone on the list.