CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A VOLUME ON

WOMEN IN VLADIMIR NABOKOV

Nabokov's literary legacy has been studied from different perspectives. Despite the considerable amount of scholarly papers produced since 1960s, studies on Nabokov's women are scarce (except those on Lolita). During the last decade, we have seen some research on female characters in Nabokov. However, women have played an important role in Nabokov's life and art. With a publication like this we want to revive the gender debate on Nabokov’s works.

Contributors are kindly invited to submit their proposals on the following four fields of the contents of the volume:

1. Women in Nabokov's life (the role of his mother, Vera Nabokov and his lovers).

2. Nabokov on female writers.

3. Female writers in Nabokov (intertextual studies).

4. Female voices in Nabokov (female characters in his poetry, short stories, novels and drama).

Contributors are welcome to submit their proposals of 500-700 words and a brief bio to Dr. Nailya Garipova Castellano (nailyagar@hotmail.com) and Dr. Juan José Torres Núñez (jotorres@ual.es) (University of Almeria, Spain) before September 30, 2014. Acceptance will be notified by October 30. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by January 15, 2015. All submitted proposals will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.

 

Timeline:

Deadline for submitting proposals: September 30, 2014

Notifications of acceptance: October 30, 2014.

Deadline for submitting full chapters: January 15, 2015.

The collection of essays will be published by an international publishing house in 2015.