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THE SPACEBETWEEN: Literature and Culture 1914-1945

THE SPACE BETWEEN: LITERATURE AND CULTURE 1914-1945 is thejournal of The Space Between society and was founded simultaneously with thesociety at Reno, Nevada, in 1997. The first issue appeared inMay 2000. Like the Space Between itself, the journal is devoted to scholarshipon the period bracketed by the two World Wars. The focus of the first issueswas primarily literary, with emphasis on lesser-known writers and understudiedissues of the period; but now we are also especially interested in interdisciplinaryapproaches to texts of all kinds, canonical as well as non-canonical inculture, arts, and history.

THE SPACE BETWEEN: LITERATURE ANDCULTURE 1914-1945
is published each May by Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.  Additional support is providedby The Space Between and Monmouth University.  ISSN1542-8109

We welcome papers on any aspect of refiguring literature andculture in English which illuminates the period between 1914 and 1945. Weenvision 4 - 5 articles per issue, which will be accompanied by a number ofreviews. All articles will go through a referee process, and each author willreceive an anonymous referee report.

Papers presented at the Space Between annual conferenceswill also be considered for publication.

The journal is edited by Dr. Kristin Bluemel.Authors from the U.S. and Canada should send one electronic and threeidentical print copies of their manuscript to Dr. Kristin Bluemel, Departmentof English, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ 07764, email: kbluemel@monmouth.edu. Authorsfrom all other countries may send an electronic copy only.  

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Topics Issue in 2007

The editors of the journal The Space Between:Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 would like to announce a call for papersfor a special topics issue (Volume 3, Number 1) on Technology, Media, andCulture in the Space Between, 1914-1945.Interdisciplinary articles that explore the manifestations, effects, andrepresentations of the new technologies of the 1914-1945 periodare sought. The editors are especiallyinterested in interdisciplinary explorations of the cultural relationships thatemerge as the roles of the media and technology shape each other in the spacebracketed by the two World Wars. Deadline for submissions to this specialissue is January 31, 2006.

Please send submissions or correspondence regardingsubmissions to the guest editor, Debra Rae Cohen, at drc@uark.edu or Departmentof English, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Articles should be 6,000 to 10,000 words(including notes and works cited).Please submit one paper copy and an identical electronic copy in Word. (International submissions can forego papercopy.) Articles should conform to MLAstyle. Include a cover letter thatdescribes the contents of your article.

The Space Between is a refereed journal dedicated to supporting scholarlystudy of literature and culture between the wars. It aims to provide an interdisciplinary forumfor research on overlooked texts, understudied authors, and new approaches totraditionally canonical texts. Itseditors are also interested in work that encourages fresh examination of art,society, and culture illuminating the war and interwar period. Publication is annual and is co-sponsored bythe society of The Space Between and Fort Hays State University.

Editorial Policies

Submissions should run no more than 25 typed pages, double-spaced,including endnotes. MLA style will be the required format. Articles should besubmitted in triplicate and should be unsigned. The referee process will beanonymous. Contributors who want their manuscripts returned should include astamped, self-addressed envelope and expect a wait of three months. Anyone whosubmits an article will receive a reader's report--whether the article isaccepted or not. In some cases, we will encourage authors to resubmit theirwork for review once certain major modifications are made. Authors who havebeen accepted for publication will be required to provide a copy of theirarticle on disk.

Thejournal's editorial board consists of:

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