Editor's Fence

Editor's Fence Response to ELT Press: Because there are several announcements that must be recorded below, I only have space for a brief update on the response to the ELT Press publications. Certainly I want to thank those of you who took the time to contact your library and make requests for standing orders. This has been immensely helpful. And I again urge others to do the same; if your library has ruled out such open-ended orders, please ask for the first few titles in the series. The young endeavor requires your support. Each effort to spread the word about the series and encourage librarians to make purchases is of consequence —believe me. Of course it is too soon to determine what initial orders will amount to, partly because the Fence is written in November of '87. Early indications are most positive, however. Still, complacency is not an extravagance in which we may indulge. Other manuscripts are presently under consideration , and in the issues this fall we will, with judicious obeisance to Lord Ceteris Paribus, describe additional titles for 1989. Forthcoming: Numbers 3 and 4 will feature, among other essays, "Kipling's Portraits of the Artist" (David H. Stewart, Texas A & M University); "Zangwill 's Children of the Ghetto: Language, Gender, and Ethnic Anxiety" (Meri-Jane Rochelson, Barry University); "The Judge Reexamined: Rebecca West's Underrated Gothic Romance" (Philip E. Ray, Connecticut College). Reactions to our expanded coverage of books continue to be extremely positive. Readers may look forward to perusing approximately twenty full-length reviews in each number, among others, Harold Orel's The Unknown Thomas Hardy: LesserKnown Aspects of Hardy's Life and Career; Stephen E. Tabachnick's Explorations in Doughty's 'Arabia Deserta'; William E. Buckler's Walter Pater: The Critic as Artist of Ideas; Daniel R. Schwarz's Reading Joyce's 'Ulysses'; Michael Yardley's A Biography of T. E. Lawrence; George Mills Harper's The Making of Yeats's Ά Vision': A Study of the Automatic Script; and Bram Dijkstra's Idols ofPeversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture. Announcements Hardy Society: The eighth Hardy Society Conference will be held 24-31 July 1988 in Dorchester, England. As in the past it will feature an attractively balanced variety of events. The cost of the Conference, including lectures, seminars and social events, will be £45 for Society members and £55 for non- members. All enquiries about the Conference or accommodations should be addressed to Furse Swann, Yoah Cottage, West Knighton, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8PE. Pater Conference: "New Work on Pater," a three-day residential conference, will take place at Queen's College Oxford, 5-7 July 1988. Only 35-40 places are available at Queen's, so please reserve a place promptly. The cost for accommodation and all meals from luncheon on 5 July through tea on 7 July is £80. One non-residential fee that includes coffee, tea, and two luncheons and two evening meals is £50. A second non-residential fee that includes coffee and tea only is £24. All fees include a non-returnable £15 registration. Checks should be payable to Pater Newsletter Conference. Please contact Dr. L. Brake, Department of English, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 DY. MVSA Conference: "Victorian Belief and Unbelief will be the topic of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Victorian Studies Association to be held at Indiana University-Bloomington on 29-30 April 1988. For information, write Kristine Ottesen Garrigan, MVSA Executive Secretary, Department of English, DePaul University, 802 West Beiden, Chicago, IL 60614. Abstracts for New Series: Leonard Orr and Kathleen O'Gorman are soliciting abstracts and topic suggestions for the first four volumes of Studies in 20thcentury British Literature, a new hard-cover annual series printed by Penkevill Publishing Co. (Box 212, Greenwood, FL 32442). Each volume will have a specific topic. Volume One, already in preparation, has as its subject British Poetry Since 1960; volumes two through four will focus on Virgina Woolf (2), Edwardian Fiction (3), and D. H. Lawrence (4). Send abstracts or queries to Leonard Orr, Department of English, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Editor's Request: For an edition of the...