Mark Twain Circle of America Sessions at the MLA in Chicago
Monday, December 27th; 5:15-6:30 p.m., Columbian
Room, Hyatt Regency Hotel
Chair: Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Univ. of Texas, Austin
Papers:
1. “‘You Could Hear Him in Illinois’: Deafness,
Laughter and Mark Twain,” Christopher Krentz, Univ. of Virginia
2. “Concerning the Jews at One Hundred,”
Eliza Russi Lowen McGraw, Vanderbilt Univ.
3. “Following the Equator: Twain’s Redescription of
Civilization,” Bong Eun Kim, Koisin Univ., Korea
4. “Understanding Mark
Twain’s Female Adolescents Through the Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir,” Carla
Anderson, Michigan State Univ.
*A sign language interpreter is schedule
for this session.
Tuesday, December 28th 3:30-4:45 p.m., Atlanta Room,
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Chair: Laura E. Skandera-Trombley, Coe Coll.
Papers:
1. “Mutual Influences:
Mark Twain’s and C.D. Warner’s Views of Children in Their Early Work,” Ryuichi
Asayama, Soka Univ., Japan
2. “Back to the Future: Twain, Bellamy, and the
Techno-utopian Impulse,” Joel Dinerstein, Univ. of Texas, Austin
3. “The ‘Circus Side’ of Twain’s ‘Object Lesson in
Democracy’: A Connecticut Yankee and the Economy of Apocalyptic
Spectacle,” Charles Martin, Florida State Univ.
4. “Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson and the
Influence of Slave Narratives,” James O. Brecher, Univ. of South Florida