Announcements

72 THE EDITOR'S FENCE 1. ELT Seminar on the Novel and Society (MLA. New York. Dec 1976)» The twentieth consecutive meeting of the Seminar, pending MLA approval , will be held in New York in December 1976, with H. Ray Stevens (Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md.) as Discussion Leader. Deadline for submission of papers to be considered ι 1 July 1976. Accepted papers will be published in ELT, XIXs 4 (I976), which will be mailed about mid-October. For further details write to H. Ray Stevens. 2. ELT Seminar on English Fiction (1880-1920) - Critical Approaches » The proposed twenty-first ELT Seminar, pending MLA approval , will be held at the MLA meetings in December 1977, with H. E. Gerber (Arizona Stete University) as Discussion Leader. We shall focus on the inadequacies of recent critical approaches to such authors as Arnold Bennett, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, George Moore, and, say, H. G. Wells and attempt to suggest critical approaches more appropriate to the work of these authors. We will be pleased to consider general articles as well as essays on individual authors. Some of the issues with which we might be concerned were raised at the H. G. Wells seminar in San Francisco and some of the problems are raised in Robert C. Schweik's review-article on Hardy criticism in the present issue. Papers to be considered should be sent to H. E. Gerber by 1 July 1977. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. The Journal of Narrative Technique 1 Increased costs of production have necessitated an increase in ¿NT's subscription rate from $3.00/year to $6.00/year. The new rate will go into effect with the I976 volume. 2. E. M. Förster Seminar (MLA, New York. 1976)» The topic of the E. M. Forster Seminar for the 1976 MLA Convention will be» The Narrator's Voice in the Short Fiction. Manuscripts of 5-7 pages should be submitted by May 3I, I976. Send papers on The Collected Tales to Francis Gillen, The University of Tampa, Tampa, Flor ida (33606), and papers on The Life to Come to B. K. Schneiderman, Pierce College,.Woodland Hills, California (91364). 3. MLA Division of Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century English Literature» The following Executive Committee of this newly established Division has been formed» Jackson Byer (1976) - University of Maryland David Thorburn (1976-771 Ch 1976) - Yale University Marvin Magalaner (I976-781 Secty 1976» Ch 1977) - City College Marjorie Perloff (1976-791 Secty 1977« Ch 1978) - University of Maryland H. E. Gerber (1976-80» Secty 1978» Ch 1979) - Arizona State University A program is being planned for the 1976 MLA meetings in New York. ...