MLA Session organized by the John Clare Society of North America

The John Clare Society of North America organizes an annual session at the Modern Language Association Convention. Here is the program for the John Clare session presented at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 30, 2006:

John Clare: Pastoral and Performance

Presider: David Worrall, Nottingham Trent University

1) "Minoritarian Rhizomes: John Clare and the eco-linguistics of nature." Simon Kövesi, Oxford Brookes University

2) "John Clare and the Identity of the Poet." Kurtis Hessel, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

3) "John Clare's Stamford: Types of Theatricality in a Georgian Market Town." David Worrall, Nottingham Trent University

The topic for the 2007 MLA session on John Clare has been announced:

John Clare in History. Papers on Clare in relation to various histories: natural, literary, political, cultural. Abstracts are due by 15 March 2007 to Scott McEathron.

The next MLA Convention will be held in Chicago, Illinois, December 27-30, 2007.