Byron’s Complete Poetical Works at 40
Next year’s MLA (2020 in Seattle) will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the first volumes of Jerome McGann’s Lord Byron: The Complete Poetical Works. This panel invites presentations on the legacy of McGann’s scholarly edition, asking participants to consider the impact of Complete Poetical Works on the modern reception of Byron’s poetry, on practices of textual editing, and on material and bibliographical approaches to Byron more generally.
Please send proposals of no more than 300 words, plus a short, one-page c.v., to Michelle Levy (mnl@sfu.ca) by March 15, 2019. To encourage a diversity of voices and perspectives, this session is being planned as a roundtable, with 5-6 presentations of 8-10 minutes.