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From: Laurence Davis [ldavis-AT-oceanfree.net]
Dear all,
This call for papers may be of interest.
Laurence
This information is circulated at the request of Anna Vaninskaya.
Call for Papers
Oscholars Special
Issue Spring 2010
The Soul of Man: Oscar Wilde and Socialism
H.G. Wells once wrote that Oscar Wilde’s The
Soul of Man Under Socialism offers “an artist’s view of
socialism, but not a socialist’s.” George Orwell, reviewing
the essay in 1948, called Wilde’s vision of socialism “Utopian and
anarchistic.” So was Oscar Wilde a socialist? an anarchist? an
“individualist”? or politically unquantifiable? He was
acquainted with the leading socialists of the time, from William Morris to G.
B. Shaw, his sympathy for socialist and anarchist ideas was well known, and The Soul of Man attained great popularity
with the radical movements of Central and Eastern Europe and the USA.
This refereed special issue of Oscholars,
a widely read electronic journal devoted to Wilde and the fin de siècle, solicits essays on any
aspect of The Soul of Man or,
more broadly, Wilde in relation to socialism and anarchism.
Please submit 300-word proposals to Anna Vaninskaya at <av323-AT-cam.ac.uk" onclick="return newWindow(this.href);" title="mailto:av323-AT-cam.ac.uk">av323-AT-cam.ac.uk>
by 15 July 2009.
The deadline for submission of completed essays (1500-2500 words) is 15
December 2009.
For more information about Oscholars
and to view previous special issues please consult <http://www.oscholars.com/>
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