Essay Collection: Deathbed Scenes in Irish Writing
deadline for submissions: October 1, 2017
full name / name of organization: Janes Silas Rogers (Universty of St Thomas)
contact email: jrogers@stthomas.edu
CFP: Book chapters -- Collection of essays on deathbed scenes in Irish and Irish diasporic literature
From the conversion scenes that were a staple of 19th-century didactic fiction, on to Joyce’s “The Sisters,” Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, John McGahern’s Memoir, and in hundreds of other works, deathbed scenes run throughout Irish writing. I am seeking critical essays that consider such works, from all genres, for an edited collection. Proposals with a comparative or intertextual dimension will be of special interest, but essays that examine a single work are also very welcome. Please send a proposal of no more than 250 words to jrogers@stthomas.edu by October 1, 2017. A major Irish Studies publisher has expressed interest, but there is no contract yet.