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Ford Madox (Hueffer) Ford letters sought!
The general editors of the multi-volume Collected Letters of Ford Madox Ford for Oxford University Press would be glad to hear from anyone holding letters from (or to) Ford, or about him, or who is aware of the whereabouts of any such letters. Any relevant information will be gratefully received and acknowledged.
With thanks,
Sara Haslam (sara.haslam@open.ac.uk) and Max Saunders (m.saunders@bham.ac.uk)
I sent a query to the society some time ago but saw no answer. Involved the unpublished English version of War is Kind. From what I have seen in various places there were a small number of samples of what a Heinemann edition would look like made up by Bradley. Anywhere from 30 to 20 to 12 copies were made up with the Heinemann Imprint on the tp in a related typeface. So my query is why was the English edition not published? What happened? Anybody have any theories, ideas, done any research I’m\n the Publishers records? BTW I ‘ve one of the mockups with a paper DJ with the note: “12 copies”. It came from Bradley material given to Stanford by his son. Thx for any help.
–John Lehner
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The Stephen Crane Queries feature at this site (Queries in the menu bar) consists of questions and answers about Crane sent to cranequeries@gmail.com.
From 2000-2010, many of these questions received answers, often from noted Crane scholars such as Stanley Wertheim, Paul Sorrentino, or Donald Vanouse. These were initially divided into “Queries” and “Student Queries,” but as the number of questions declined with the increased availability of online resources such as Google and Wikipedia, the categories were combined.
From about 2011-2016, Queries were posted by year but received fewer responses.
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— D. Campbell
Donald Pizer, a widely known and respected scholar of American literature and professor of English at Tulane University for more than 40 years, died on November 7, 2023 at the age of 94.
Pizer was the only child of Morris Pizer, a union official, and Helen (Rosenfeld) Pizer, a fur worker. He was born in New York City and raised in Brooklyn until 1947 when, after graduating from high school, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles. He received his B.A. (1951), M.A. (1952), and Ph. D. (1955), all from U.C.L.A., and served in the US Army from 1955 to 1957. He then joined the English Department at Newcomb College, Tulane University, as an assistant professor. In 1966, he married Carol Hart. He is survived by her, their three daughters (Karin, Ann, and Margaret), and four grandchildren.
Pizer concentrated for much of his career on late 19th and early 20th century American naturalism, a literary movement that included such figures as Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, and John Dos Passos. He published many articles and over 40 books, both critical studies and editions, devoted to these writers individually and to the movement as a whole. His work played a leading role in shifting critical emphasis in interpreting America naturalism from its conventionally held position as a weak offshoot of French naturalism to being seen as a distinctly American phenomenon, with its roots in American experience and values. He was widely regarded as the nation’s principal scholar of the movement and its writers.
Pizer was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1962; his many other awards include senior fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities and three Fulbright lectureships at European universities. He was a member of the editorial boards of many professional journals and often was a guest lecturer at American and European universities, including Cambridge, Heidelberg, and Leiden. At Tulane, he directed the Ph.D. dissertations of over 30 graduate students and in 1970 was appointed to the endowed Pierce Butler chair in English. He retired from teaching at Tulane in 2001 but continued his research and writing for many years.
Pizer’s army service included a year living in London. He developed a taste for English life and later returned to the area near Hampstead Heath many times for summers with his family and when on sabbatical leave. He was equally fond of his adopted home of New Orleans, where he lived for over 65 years.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.LeitzEaganFuneralHome.com for the family.
[Cross-posted from the Frank Norris Society site https://franknorrissociety.wordpress.com/2023/11/26/donald-pizer-a-widely-known-and-respected-scholar-of-american-literature-and-professor-of-english-at-tulane-university-for-more-than-40-years-died-on-november-7-2023-at-the-age-of-94/]
The Society for the Study of American Literary Naturalism
American Literature Association 35th Annual Conference
May 23-26, 2024
Chicago, IL
The Frank Norris Society, The Jack London Society, the Stephen Crane Society, and the Theodore Dreiser Society have united for the American Literature Association into the Society for the Study of American Literary Naturalism.
The Society for the Study of American Literary Naturalism will sponsor multiple sessions at the 2023 American Literature Association Conference. While we are open to any topic related to the works of Norris, London, Crane, or Dreiser, we are also open to considerations of other authors—either in the traditional naturalist period or in any time after—embracing or working within a broadly defined “naturalist ethos.”
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Patrick and I just wanted to reach out on behalf of ALA as ask if you would share with your societies a quick reminder about the October gathering in Santa Fe that he and I are organizing. We’re about a five weeks away from the Sept 15 due date for proposals and while we know folks may not know their funding situation (if they have funding, that is) we are hoping to attract as many folks as possible.
The link for the call for papers is here: https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-symposia/
Please feel free to simply share this email if you’d like with your members. We are looking forward to a program that’s broad and inclusive and also fun! I’m cutting in the Call for Papers here as well.
Many thanks! Kirk
Kirk Curnutt, Ph.D.
Professor and chair, Department of English,
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Stephen Crane Panel
ALA 2023
May 25-28, 2003
Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
New Directions in Stephen Crane Scholarship
Organized by the Stephen Crane Society
Chair: Jennifer Travis, St. John’s University
1. “Sonic Signatures in Stephen Crane’s War Poetry,” Haley Garrelts, Texas Tech University
2. “Wooden Soldiers: Masculine Sensitivity in Stephen Crane’s Short Stories,” Evan J. Leake, Indiana University-Bloomington
3. “The Sea, Experience, and Human Togetherness in To the Lighthouse and ‘The Open Boat,’” Jack Love, Texas A&M University
Business Meeting: There will be no business meeting.
Call for Papers: Stephen Crane Society, ALA 2023
The Stephen Crane Society will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Association Conference at the Westin Copley Place in Boston on May 25-28, 2023.
All topics are welcome. Here, for example, are a few suggestions:
Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes.
You may also propose a roundtable discussion on, say, teaching Crane’s short stories.
Please email abstracts or papers of no more than ten double-spaced pages by January 15, 2023, to the program chair:
Paul Sorrentino
For more information about the conference, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliterature.org. If you have specific questions about ALA, contact the Conference Director, Professor Olivia Carr Edenfield, at carr@georgiasouthern.edu or the Executive Director of ALA, Professor Alfred Bendixen, at ab23@princeton.edu.
HENRY: A Sequel To Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage by Don Yost
Summary of the release
Recent release “HENRY: A Sequel to Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage” from Covenant Books author Don Yost is a revealing account that answers the unsettled· queries in connection with the life and struggles of Henry Fleming.
Don Yost was a combat infantryman and war correspondent during the Vietnam war. Currently a senior adjunct professor of English composition, he holds BA and MA degrees in English Literature from Seton Hall University and Rosemont College and is founding president of a national veteran’s organization in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He has completed his new book, “HENRY:
A Sequel to Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage”, an awe-inspiring take on the life of Henry Fleming after the war. It presents how his faith was one of the main driving factors of him overcoming the trauma and guilt that the war had embedded in his memories. This is a beautifully written work that holds many important lessons for today’s generation.
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The Stephen Crane Society 