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John Buchan Revisioned: Beyond The Thirty-Nine Steps
| Location: | Belgium |
| Publication Date: | 2007-06-30 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2007-03-01 |
| Announcement ID: |
155765 |
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A collection of essays re-examining the work and writing of John Buchan (1875-1940), later Lord Tweedsmuir, in the context of post-1950 appraisals of his work. <br>
Timed to appear as Buchan’s works come out of copyright in the UK, this collection is aimed at students of late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century literature and history, and at the general reader. The essays will re-evaluate Buchan’s work in a post-post-modernist context. Jargon will be kept to a minimum.<br>
The book will be edited by Kate Macdonald, the editor of the John Buchan Journal since 1997. Contributors will include members of university departments and independent researchers. <br>
Nine chapter proposals have already been accepted which look at Buchan’s work from the perspective of history and film. I am now looking for proposals from the point of view of literature rather than history. I am particularly interested in approaches which attempt to resuspend disbelief while considering Buchan’s depiction of women and men, homoerotic identity in Buchan’s fiction, anti-Semitism in his fiction and life, Calvinism, hero-worship, and the blending of fact and fantasy in his fiction. Other literature-generated subjects are also welcome. <br>
Please send abstracts (500 words) for proposed 5,000-7,000 word chapters, by 30 June 2007, to kate.macdonald@ugent.be. Once abstracts have been accepted a firm proposal will be sent to publishers for consideration. It is hoped that an agreement will be signed and chapters commissioned by December 2007, for manuscript delivery by May 2008, with a potential publication date in late 2009.<br>
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