MLA Cometh!

The MLA is upon us! It is held at the Philadelphia Marriott and the PSA has, as usual, some intruiging offerings:

Sunday, December 27th:
Poe at Home

5:15–6:30 p.m., 405, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the Poe Studies Association

Presiding: Terry Whalen, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

1. “Domesticating Poe,” Brian Neff, Penn State Univ., University Park

2. “The Detective’s House,” Matthew Levay, Harvard Univ.

3. “‘Our Seclusion Was Perfect’: At Home with Dupin and His Companion,” Kelly Ross, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

For abstracts, visit www2.lv.psu.edu/PSA/

Poe on the Move

12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 401, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the Poe Studies Association

Presiding: Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Coll. of the Holy Cross

1. “Traveling the Cultural Galaxy: Poe’s Invention of the American Literati,” J. Gerald Kennedy, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge

2. “Poe’s Nomadology,” Robert Tally, Texas State Univ.

3. “Poe in Outer Space, with the Ladies,” Monika Maria Elbert, Montclair State Univ.

For abstracts, visit www2.lv.psu.edu/PSA/