Call for Submissions: Edith Wharton Review

Edith Wharton Review, the peer-reviewed, MLA-indexed, scholarly journal of the Edith Wharton Society, welcomes submissions on Edith Wharton, Wharton in the context of other authors, and literary and cultural trends, and Wharton in relation to other writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from a broad range of theoretical perspectives including transmedial approaches. 

The Review also invites shorter contributions to a “Teaching Notes” section that includes both traditional and digital methodologies, archival notes, review essays (for example, on little-read works by Wharton, or considerations of her status in contemporary culture) and book reviews pertaining directly to Wharton or contextualizing her work in some way. For these shorter articles, please query the editor as listed below.

The journal strives to include work by scholars across all stages of academic careers (including independent scholars).

The Review is published twice a year and accepts submissions on a rolling basis, but end of August and end of February submission dates will ensure consideration for the next issue. 

Please contact Rita Bode (rbode@trentu.ca) with queries, and see https://www.psupress.org/journals/jnls_EWR.html  for submission details.

Online Performance: THE HOUSE OF MIRTH SONG CYCLE

PASTICHENYC AND THE MOUNT present THE HOUSE OF MIRTH SONG CYCLE

The tragedy of the most beautiful girl in Gilded Age New York is Edith Wharton’s revenge!

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PASTICHENYC ​
​AND THE MOUNT
​Proudly present

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH SONG CYCLE
​

The tragedy of the most beautiful girl in Gilded Age New York is Edith Wharton’s revenge!

LIVE STREAMING THE COMPLETE SERIES ON MAY 18TH ​
​7:00 PM

FOLLOWED BY A TALKBACK “WHARTON, ROSEDALE, AND ANTI-SEMITISM” WITH CREATOR EMILY KING AND WHARTON SCHOLAR & AUTHOR OF “ROSEDALE IN LOVE” LEV RAPHAEL

YOUTUBE.COM/@PASTICHENYC or YOUTUBE.COM/@edithwharton167

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CFP: Wharton Panels at SAMLA (Deadline: July 30, 2023)

Please consider participating in our guaranteed panel at the next SAMLA conference taking place Thursday, November 9 to Saturday, November 11, 2023 at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center. The CFP is below. Please submit a 300-500 word abstract and 1-page CV by July 30, 2023.

The Edith Wharton Society invites papers for the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference (SAMLA 95) to be held at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 9-11, 2023. We encourage papers that explore the conference theme for this year (In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies. Contributions may address any of the wide range of ways that Wharton’s work speaks to the 2020s with its pandemics, human migration, environmental challenges, increased surveillance, and (geo)political conflicts. How does reading Wharton’s literature through the lens of in/security shape our insights? We also welcome papers beyond this topic that contribute to our understanding Edith Wharton and her contexts. Please submit a 300-500 word abstract and one page CV by to Mary Carney, University of Georgia, mary.carney@uga.edu.

Thank you,

Jay

Margaret Jay Jessee, PhD

Reminder: EWS Prizes (due June 30, 2023)

The Edith Wharton Society is delighted to announce three prizes for 2023: the Elsa Nettels Prize for a Beginning Scholar, the Edith Wharton Society Award for Archival Research, and the Edith Wharton Society Undergraduate Research Prize. Below please find all calls for submissions. All submission materials should be sent via email by June 30, 2023 to current EWS President, Myrto Drizou, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, myrto.drizou@boun.edu.tr.

The Elsa Nettels Prize for a Beginning Scholar  

This award, formerly known as the “Edith Wharton Society Prize for a Beginning Scholar,” established in 2005, recognizes the best unpublished essay on Edith Wharton’s work by a beginning scholar, advanced graduate student, independent scholar, or faculty member who has held a full-time appointment for four or fewer years. All entries will be considered for publication in The Edith Wharton Review, published by Penn State University Press. The author of the prize-winning essay will receive an award of $250.  

How to apply:  

  • Submissions should be 20-30 double-spaced pages long and follow the 9th edition MLA style, using endnotes rather than footnotes.  
  • Submissions should include two attached files: an anonymized MS Word version of your paper and a separate cover letter containing the applicant’s name, essay title, academic status, e-mail address, postal address, and the award name.  
  • Please use the subject line: “EWS Elsa Nettels Prize for a Beginning Scholar.”  
  • Submissions are due to myrto.drizou@boun.edu.tr by June 30, 2023. 

The Edith Wharton Society Award for Archival Research   

The archival award, in the amount of $500, enables a scholar to conduct research at one of the Edith Wharton archives at Wharton’s library at The Mount in Lenox, MA, the Wharton Collection at Yale University’s Beinecke Library, or the Wharton papers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas.  

Funds must be used for transportation, lodging, and other expenses related to archival research. Notification of the award will take place by August 15, 2023. The award can be used between August 15, 2023 and August 14, 2024. A brief report detailing some aspect(s) of the research (not intended to preempt publication in other scholarly venues) will be due to the EWS president by September 1, 2024 and will be published in the Edith Wharton Review.  

How to apply:  

  • Submissions should include a proposal (of no more than two single-spaced pages) that describes the applicant’s overarching research project, its contribution to Wharton scholarship, the applicant’s scholarly preparation, and the relevance of the archive to the project’s completion.  
  • Also include two additional attachments: a CV and a separate cover letter containing your current affiliation, rank, and mailing address.  
  • Please use the subject line: “EWS Award for Archival Research.”  
  • Submissions are due to myrto.drizou@boun.edu.tr by June 30, 2023.  

The Edith Wharton Society Undergraduate Research Prize  

First offered in 2014, the undergraduate research prize is open to students at all undergraduate levels. Papers should be no more than fifteen pages long and can address Wharton’s works in any genre. The winning essay will be published on the EWS website, and the author will receive an award of $100.  

How to apply:  

  • Please send an anonymized electronic submission as an email attachment in Microsoft Word, along with a separate attached cover letter containing your name, essay title, undergraduate institution, the name of your faculty mentor, email address (and perhaps an alternate email, if your email address is about to change), postal address, and the name of the award.  
  • Please use the subject line: “EWS Undergraduate Research Prize.”  
  • Submissions are due to myrto.drizou@boun.edu.tr by June 30, 2023.  

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The Edith Wharton Society sees its commitment to Wharton’s writing as including financial support for Wharton scholarship, with two awards specifically for beginning scholars. We thank all in the Wharton society who have donated to these prizes over the years, many of whom have been award recipients; your support of this endeavor enables our generosity. If you are inclined to donate to support this year’s awards, a donation portal is linked here. 

Donate

Updated deadline: Edith Wharton and Celebration (Proposals due March 20, 2023)

Dear colleagues and friends,

Let me take this opportunity to refresh the call for papers for the EWS panel at the next Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference in Philadelphia (January 4-7, 2024). The deadline for proposals has been extended to March 20, 2023; please do consider submitting a proposal and sharing the call with interested parties.

With many thanks and all my good wishes,

Myrto

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Edith Wharton Society CFP (MLA 2024)–Edith Wharton and Celebration

The EWS invites proposals on any form of celebration in Wharton’s work (music; performance; dance; emotion; dis/enchantment; play; commemoration; recovery; communal sentiment; rituals of joy and sorrow, e.g., weddings, funerals).

Please submit titled proposals (approx. 350 words) and a brief CV by March 20, 2023 to Myrto Drizou (myrto.drizou@boun.edu.tr). Please include any requests for AV needs in your proposal. Scholars whose proposals are accepted must be members in good standing of the Edith Wharton Society by the time of the conference. 

Podcast: Emily Orlando & Anne Schuyler on Edith Wharton

Dear colleagues and friends,

I hope you’re all doing well and are enjoying the first glimpses of spring. I am writing to share a podcast by two magnificent Wharton scholars, our very own Dr. Emily J. Orlando, and Anne Schuyler, the Curatorial and Visitor Services Director at The Mount. The podcast is a wonderful overview of Wharton’s life and work for the American Writers Museum, for which Dr. Orlando has also curated the Edith Wharton installation. Here is the link to the podcast, which you can share with students and colleagues:

Episode 27: Edith Wharton

With many thanks and all my good wishes,

Myrto

Edith Wharton in the News: Production of THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT

For Your (Re)Consideration Series To Present THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT By Edith Wharton

The play is a co-production with the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

by A.A. Cristi Feb. 17, 2023  

      

For Your (Re)Consideration Series To Present THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT By Edith Wharton

As part of its ongoing For Your (Re)Consideration series, Ghostlight Ensemble will present the recently rediscovered play, The Shadow of A Doubt, by novelist Edith Wharton. This is a co-production with the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Set at the turn of the twentieth century, The Shadow of a Doubt, explores the issues surrounding social position, remarriage, the roles of women and euthanasia. 

CFP: Edith Wharton at SAMLA (Deadline: February 28, 2023)

The Edith Wharton Society is an affiliated society of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), which will host its next conference in Atlanta, GA (9-11 Nov, 2023). As an affiliated society, we have one or two guaranteed panels at the conference. It would be great to have a strong presence this year; if anyone is interested in organizing a panel, please don’t hesitate to contact me or any other member of the EWS Board. The deadline for submitting a

 Call for Proposals is February 28th (for inclusion in SAMLA News) but the final deadline is June 20th. 

More information can be found here: https://samla.memberclicks.net/

Updated bibliography (new page) on Edith Wharton

The bibliography of books and articles on Edith Wharton has been updated, with a new page for books and articles 2020-present.

If you would like your book or article featured here but don’t see it listed, please send the information to whartonqueries@gmail.com or use the online contact form.

New Books
New Articles 2020-present