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.