Edith Wharton and the Provocations of Philosophy Considerations of Wharton's extensive interest in Western philosophy; treatments of her writing in relation to the work of classical, French, or German philosophers; to pragmatism; or to the question of women and/in philosophy.

Please send 1-2 page abstracts by March 15 to:
Frederick Wegener
Department of English
California State University, Long Beach,
1250 Bellflower Blvd.,
Long Beach, CA 90840-2403
or to fwegener@csulb.edu (fax 562-985-2369).

Panelists must be MLA members by April 1, 2002.