Thursday, August 05, 2004

CFP: American Nature Writers before 1900

Deadline (for entries): November 15, 2004

DLB: American Nature Writers before 1900: editor Daniel Patterson.

This volume of the DLB (Dictionary of Literary Biography) is expanding and replacements for lost contributors are being recruited. DLB-style articles of approximately 4,000 words are needed for the following authors by November 15, 2004:

Lucy Isabella Bird (1831-1904)
William Byrd (1764-1744)
Neltje Blanchan Doubleday (1865-1918)
John Lawson (died 1711)
Graceanna Lewis (1821-1912)
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793-1884)
Mary Townsend (sister of John Kirk Townsend)
Louis Hennepin (1640-1701)
Francis Higginson (1586-1630)
Peter Kalm (1716-79)

Please contact the volume editor, Daniel Patterson, at patte2dj@cmich.edu for further information about compensation and guidelines.