Dickens remains one of the most visible Anglophone authors, with his fiction adapted regularly for the stage and screen and frequently taught and discussed by scholars. His hypercanonicity has also inspired more diverse, ephemeral forms of engagement across a range of cultural contexts, from popular visual and material cultures, through to literary tourism and festivals, and on to the practices of collectors and fans in both analogue and online contexts. This session invites contributions that analyse an aspect or aspects of this vast and still relatively unexplored terrain.
Papers are encouraged that discuss ephemeral traces of the Dickensian across cultural contexts and temporal periods, whether in the author's own time, in the period between his death and the end of twentieth century, or in relations to contemporary (digital) culture.
Abstracts for 250-300 words and a short CV should be sent to the session chair Chris Louttit by Friday, 22 March, 2024. This session, sponsored by the Dickens Society, will take place at the 2025 MLA Conference (9-12 January) held in New Orleans, LA.
Created 18 March 2024