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(Continued from p. 128) word processors in the 1970s, moving on in the '80s to IBM PC's and then to a Next work station, and, at last, in the '90s, to a Power Macintosh. Proposals should be submitted in triplicate (for forwarding to members of the selection committee) to Daniel Mark Fogel, Editor, the Henry James Review, Office of Academic Affairs, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803. I will be happy to discuss the matter with any interested persons who may have questions; please telephone me at (504) 388-8863. The HJR has been widely recognized as one of the finest single-author journals in existence. It is distributed by the nation's most distinguished publisher of learned journals, the Johns Hopkins University Press. As my colleague Lewis Simpson, an emeritus editor of the Southern Review, has observed, a good scholarly journal can do more for an academic department or college than a distinguished professorial chair. I am committed to finding a good home for the HJR, and I hope and trust that there will be a number of eligible candidates for adoption of the journal.—DMF Announcements CONRAD AND JAMES PRIZES. The Joseph Conrad Society (UK) and the Henry James Society invite submissions for the 1995 Don Holliday Prizes, an annual series of three awards for essays on Conrad and James. Each year prizes are offered in the following categories: 1) £50 for an essay on any aspect of the works or life of Joseph Conrad; 2) £50 for an essay on any aspect of the works or life of Henry James; 3) £50 for an essay comparing or contrasting the works or lives of Conrad and James. Applicants must not have held a full-time academic appointment for more than four years in the case of the separate Conrad and James prizes or for more than eight years in the case of the joint Conrad and James prize. Independent scholars and graduate students are encouraged to participate. Essays must be between 5,000 and 7,000 words, typed, double-spaced. They must also be in English, original, and not already published. Entries must be submitted by January 31, 1995, and winners of the prize will be announced on May 1, 1995. Winning essays will be favorably considered for publication in The Conradian or The Henry James Review. Entries should be accompanied by a brief academic c.v. listing dates of academic appointments, if any, and current address. Single-author essays (2 copies) should be sent to the appropriate society at the following addresses, and joint-author essays should be sent to both societies (2 copies to each): Hugh Epstein, Joseph Conrad Society, c/o P.O.S.K., 238-246 King Street, London W6 ORF, England; Paul B. Armstrong, Henry James Society, Department of English, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. NEW YORK EDITION. James Nardin, emeritus professor here at LSU, is offering for sale a first edition of the rare twenty-six volume New York Edition in very fine condition. The price is negotiable. Interested persons should telephone Professor Nardin at (504) 766-2514 or write to him at 655 Albert Hart Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808-5804. 1994 JAMES SOCIETY MEETINGS. The Henry James Society will sponsor two sessions at the 1994 MLA meetings in San Diego, President Susan M. Giffin presiding. The first session, "Henry James and Cultural Crticisim," will include papers by Lynda Zwinger (University of Arizona; "Ά Queer Confusion of Yearning and Alarm': Disavowing the Family Fiction in James's 'The Pupil"'), Priscilla WaId (Columbia University; "Frontiers of Identity: Daisy Miller in Cultural Context' '), and Sara Blair (Univerity of Virginia; ' 'Documenting the Alien: Racial Matter in The American Scene"). The second session, "Henry James, Modernism, Postmodernism,' ' will feature essays by Cheryl Torsney (University of West Virginia; "Contesting Taste in The Spoils ofPoynton"), Nicholas Jenkins (Oxford University; "Getting a Transference: Modern James and Postmodern Auden"), and Jonathan Flatley (Duke University; "Transference as Queer Performativity in The Turn of the Screw"). ...

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