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3rd Call for Papers
Sentiment and Sensation in Victorian Periodicals
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference
September 14-15, 2012
The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) will hold its annual conference at the University of Texas at Austin, September 14-15, 2012. While papers addressing any aspect of Victorian periodicals will be considered, RSVP particularly welcomes proposals for papers on the discourse of sentiment and sensation in the newspaper and periodical press that variously promoted or targeted readerships, established journalistic networks or brands, and shaped, responded to, and/or addressed cultural and ideological concerns.
Suggested themes include but are not limited to:
Sentiment and Sensation in Victorian Periodicals
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference
September 14-15, 2012
The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) will hold its annual conference at the University of Texas at Austin, September 14-15, 2012. While papers addressing any aspect of Victorian periodicals will be considered, RSVP particularly welcomes proposals for papers on the discourse of sentiment and sensation in the newspaper and periodical press that variously promoted or targeted readerships, established journalistic networks or brands, and shaped, responded to, and/or addressed cultural and ideological concerns.
Suggested themes include but are not limited to:
- The serialization of sensation fiction
- Sentimental or sensational illustration
- Major scandals, legal cases, crimes, or controversies
- Affect, cognition, and readerly sensations
- Sentimental poetry or fiction in periodicals
- The rhetoric of sentiment/sentimentality
- Sport or theatrical sensations
- Gender and periodical genres
- Entrepreneurialism and fame
- Sensational formatting and headlines
- The feeling of print or the materiality of periodicals
- Physiology and psychology in the press
