SCMLA 2009--Special Session: Oscar Wilde: History, Sexuality, and Displacement

 

In recent decades, Oscar Wilde has been theorized as a figure who represented a historical shift or a displacement in how we think of identity, gender, and sexuality. This panel invites papers that interrogate these critical assumptions, broadly addressing Wilde's own thinking about the relationship between history and identity. Papers may also focus on the critical reception of Wilde from the early 20th century to the present.

This is a special session for the SCMLA 2009 conference in Baton Rouge, LA. The theme of the conference is "Continuity and Displacement." A panel will be chosen by February 20 and selected panels will be announced by March 2009

Please send abstracts of 250 words to Daniel Novak (dnovak_at_lsu.edu) by FEBRUARY 10, 2009.