2. Allegory: Hawthorne and the Transatlantic Geographies of Edmund Spenser,” Laura “Exporting Soderberg, The University of Pennsylvania 3. in Blithedale: Gender and Allegory,” David Greven, The University of South Carolina “Spenser Session 15-J Into Other Spaces: Hart Crane’s Lyric Practice (Defender 7th Floor) Organized by the Hart Crane Society Chair: Niall Munro, Oxford Brookes University 1. pastoral’: Instrumental Imagery in White Buildings,” William Waddell, St. John Fisher College “‘Cold 2. Non-Euclidean Avenues: the Mathematician, Crane the Hyperbolist,” Matt Kilbane, Cornell “On University 3. Excess: Stigma and Mastery in Melville’s Tomb’,” Brandon Menke, Yale University “Encasing ‘At Session 15-K the Tradition of...”: The Relationships between Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, “In and the Black Avant-Garde (North Star 7th Floor) Organized by the Amiri Baraka Society Chair: Gregory Pierrot, University of Connecticut, Stamford 1. Langston & Langston Manifestoes”: Langston Hughes and the Revolutionary Jazz Poetry of Amiri “Of Baraka, John Lowney, St. John’s University. 2. Jazz Musician as Historian in the Poetry of Langston Hughes and Amiri Baraka,” Jean-Philippe “The Marcoux, Université Laval 3. Baraka and/or an Avant-garde,” Tyrone Williams, Xavier University “Hughes, ‘Other’ Session 15-L Cormac McCarthy II: Southern Works and an Inquiry into the Archives (Essex Center 3rd Floor) Organized by the Cormac McCarthy Society Chair: Steven Frye, California State University, Bakersfield 1. Second Child: Revelations from the Middle Draft,” Dianne Luce, Emeritus of Midlands “Suttree’s Technical College 2. Foul: Lester Ballard’s Post-Concussion Syndrome,” Benjamin West, SUNY, Dehli “Personal 3. Eruption in Outer Dark, George Mote, Lehigh University “Formal Session 15-M Philip Roth in an Age of Terror (Adams 7th Floor) Organized by the Philip Roth Society Chair: Frederick Coye Heard, Virginia Military Institute
2. “Exporting Allegory: Hawthorne and the Transatlantic Geographies of Edmund Spenser,” Laura Soderberg, The University of Pennsylvania 3. “Spenser in Blithedale: Gender and Allegory,” David Greven, The University of South Carolina Session 15-J Into Other Spaces: Hart Crane’s Lyric Practice (Defender 7th Floor) Organized by the Hart Crane Society Chair: Niall Munro, Oxford Brookes University 1. “‘Cold pastoral’: Instrumental Imagery in White Buildings,” William Waddell, St. John Fisher College 2. “On Non-Euclidean Avenues: the Mathematician, Crane the Hyperbolist,” Matt Kilbane, Cornell University 3. “Encasing Excess: Stigma and Mastery in ‘At Melville’s Tomb’,” Brandon Menke, Yale University Session 15-K “In the Tradition of...”: The Relationships between Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, and the Black Avant-Garde (North Star 7th Floor) Organized by the Amiri Baraka Society Chair: Gregory Pierrot, University of Connecticut, Stamford 1. “Of Langston & Langston Manifestoes”: Langston Hughes and the Revolutionary Jazz Poetry of Amiri Baraka, John Lowney, St. John’s University. 2. “The Jazz Musician as Historian in the Poetry of Langston Hughes and Amiri Baraka,” Jean-Philippe Marcoux, Université Laval 3. “Hughes, Baraka and/or an ‘Other’ Avant-garde,” Tyrone Williams, Xavier University Session 15-L Cormac McCarthy II: Southern Works and an Inquiry into the Archives (Essex Center 3rd Floor) Organized by the Cormac McCarthy Society Chair: Steven Frye, California State University, Bakersfield 1. “Suttree’s Second Child: Revelations from the Middle Draft,” Dianne Luce, Emeritus of Midlands Technical College 2. “Personal Foul: Lester Ballard’s Post-Concussion Syndrome,” Benjamin West, SUNY, Dehli 3. “Formal Eruption in Outer Dark, George Mote, Lehigh University Session 15-M Philip Roth in an Age of Terror (Adams 7th Floor) Organized by the Philip Roth Society Chair: Frederick Coye Heard, Virginia Military Institute