Current Roundtable
Our writers this issue have written papers that deal with movements across space: within texts, by texts, and by writers. So we asked our Roundtable panelists to query the geographical notions (spaces, sites, boundaries and frontiers) that often orient the work of literary critics and literary historians. How to we attend to differences that are geographical? And how can we think about the spatial element in our work?
Previous Roundtables
Vol. 2, Num. 1: Heroes, Gods,
and Myths:
The Myths That We Create and How They Create Us
In this issue, devoted to myths, gods, and heroes, our contributing authors analyze the rewriting of religious myths, the confrontation of conflicting conceptions of nationality and belonging, and the intertextual nexus through which Greco-Roman mythology meets Modernism.
Vol. 1, Num. 2: Rated R(epresentation):
Violence in Romance Literatures and Cultures
In this issue our papers explore representations of violence and the violence of representation in literary media. To what extent are textual practices violent acts? How are violent images deployed to undermine some identities and create others? What role does violence play in the proliferation of national, historical, ethnic, sexual and philosophical discourses?
Vol. 1, Num 1: Wikidemia? Scholarly publishing on the World Wide Web
A number of questions spring to mind when one considers the role of online publishing in academia. First, is it a relevant vehicle for academic writing? How will it affect the way we read, write and pursue our professional interests? Will current publishing practices become obsolete, and if so, when can we expect to read the last words of offline print culture?