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Options for Teaching American Proletarian Literature

Proposals are invited for a newly approved MLA volume entitled Options for Teaching American Proletarian Literature. Showcasing a wide variety of theorizations and perspectives, this volume will probe the meaning of the term proletarianism and suggest ways that it might be reimagined in the context of undergraduate literary studies. It seeks to 1) suggest alternative temporal and aesthetic parameters for proletarianism; 2) draw connections between an acknowledged proletarian canon and other literary categories (e.g., Harlem Renaissance, high modernism, middlebrow culture); and 3) reconsider the definitional boundaries of such terms as Communism, radicalism, and class. Especially welcome are proposals on the Left's contributions to literatures of race/ethnicity and proposals that establish a transnational context. Send a two-page abstract and brief cv by June 15th to Janet Casey.