There was a problem for some reason with this posting, so I am sending it on from here. Read on...... Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/FAX (416) [log in to unmask] http://www.epas.utoronto.ca:8080/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.epas.utoronto.ca:8080/~reed/reed-l.html => REED-L's home page ---------- Forwarded message ---------- "Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars: Constructing the Criminal in Early Modern England" SPECIAL SESSION MLA CONVENTION 1996 This panel seeks papers that explore the intersection of crime and culture and its representation in literary texts in areas such as the social context of infamous crimes, the emerging "science" of criminology, the intersection of crime and geography, theories of words and pictures in relation to crime (i.e., woodcuts of crime scenes, riots, rebellions), pamphleteers and their impact on the emerging genre of "crime reporting," criminal biography, crime and economy, crime and consumerism. Please send two-page abstracts (for a presentation of approximately 15-20 minutes) to *[log in to unmask]* or *snail mail*: Lenora Campos English Department University of Maryland 3101 South Campus Surge Building College Park, MD 20742 Abstracts accepted through March 15, 1996.