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Dear Colleague:
Over the past fifteen years interest in primary sources--books,
manuscripts, and other physical textual objects--has exploded. While
rooted in traditional textual editing, descriptive bibliography, and
other historical modes of critique, much of the exciting new work
being done engages a wide array of literary theory. Despite the
often evoked enmity between traditional bibliographic
work and theory, we believe there is role of theory and the practice
of "bookish" scholarship is multihued and ripe for discussion. (The
thread on SHARP a few months ago suggests that the time is ripe to
discuss this very topic.)
RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage
seeks papers for a special issue devoted to dynamic intersections
between discourses of contemporary literary theory and scholarship
related to the creation, diffusion, or reception of the written or
printed word in any historical period or place.
With an eye towards establishing a case for the continued relevance
of materials in cultural heritage repositories to scholarship in the
humanities now, RBM seeks essays addressing contexts where
scholarship founded in materials held in repositories productively
shapes, engages, or responds to the numerous discourses found in
contemporary literary theory. These discourses might include, reader
response criticism, psychoanalysis, Marxism and neo-Marxism,
queer theory, the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, narratives
of diaspora, feminist studies, gender studies, Native American
Studies, African American Studies, and other emerging modes of
critique. Daniel Triaster of the University of Pennsylvania has
agreed to be our special editor for this issue of the journal.
Essays should be from 3000 to 5000 words. The deadline for
submissions is July 1, 2001. Guidelines for submission can be found
at http://www.ala.org/acrl/rbmguide.html. If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact Marvin Taylor at marvin.taylor@nyu.edu.
Thank you for your interest.
Lisa Browar, Indiana University
Marvin J. Taylor, New York University
Co-editors of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books Manuscripts, and Cultural
Heritage.
Marvin J. Taylor
Director, Fales Library and Special Collections
New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
marvin.taylor@nyu.edu
212-998-2596
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