Forthcoming Issues

Vol. 12, Nos. 1–2    Fiction’s Present

The question of the present inflection of fiction is Janus-faced, looking aside to the novel’s radically changed political, economic, technological circumstances and back to its history of achievement and problems. Can the novel establish itself in the present of global capitalism without abandoning its formal distinctiveness? Does fiction continuing the tradition of modernist innovation have any reality for emergent political groups and cultures? Suggested topics include: the present and representation; fiction’s medium; global narrative and heteroglossia; the avant garde and postcolonialism; and fiction and value.

(Deadline: closed)

Vol. 13, No. 1    On Collegiality

Welcome are contributions discussing the nature and limits of collegiality in professional life. How does collegiality effect reading, writing, and teaching practices, as well as other aspects of academic performance, such as tenure and publication? What are the social, political, economic and intellectual dimensions of collegiality in contemporary academic culture?

(Deadline: 15 January 2005)