Special Issue of The Journal of the Short Story in English 89 (Autumn 2027) Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 June 2026. Full details here From its roots in the oral tradition, the short story genre has continually adapted to societal and cultural factors. Although undergoing mutations which have fuelled the vitality of critical debate and research, “the…
TABLE OF CONTENTS Michelle Ryan-Sautour and Gérald Préher Foreword Bertrand Cardin Introduction PART ONE: TRACES OF ORAL TRADITION: VOICES, DIALOGUES AND CONVERSATIONS Marie Mianowski Skipping and Gasping, Sighing and Hoping in Colum McCann’s “Aisling”: The Making of a Poet Catherine Conan Narration as Conversation: Patterns of Community-making in Colm Tóibín’s The Empty Family Eoghan Smith…
Call for Papers: Affect and the Short Story (Cycle) The Journal of the Short Story in English announces a call for papers for an upcoming special section—“Affect and the Short Story (Cycle)” The guest editors are interested in papers addressing how the field of Affect Studies can help inform the ways we read short stories…
58 | Spring 2012 Linda Collinge-Germain: Foreword Virginia Ricard: Introduction – See more at: http://jsse.revues.org/index1099.html#sthash.RkXJN40A.dpuf ORDERING INFORMATION The issue can be ordered by contacting catherine.dupuy@univ-angers.fr at the Presses Universitaires d’Angers. It will be online on revues.org in June 2014.
Following the conference co-organized between the University of Angers and Edge Hill University on The Figure of the Author in the Short Story in English April 2011, a special double issue of Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (co-edited with the Journal of the Short Story in English) is out now. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=196/