English Department, University of Maryland

Professor Brian Richardson's book, Unnatural Voices: Extreme Narration in Modern and Contemporary Fiction (Ohio State UP, 2006) has won the 2007 Perkins Prize.
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Comparative Crossings, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008

Comparative Crossings for Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 will be a public lecture and seminar series on Visual Culture. The series will culminate with the English Department Petrou Lecture and Seminar on April 8 and 9 with Joseph Roach, Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of English and Theater at Yale University.
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Comparative Crossings Sp 2007

Celebrating the impending merger of the Comparative Literature Program into the Department of English, Comparative Crossings will be a seminar series devoted to questions about the comparative study of literature and culture in the 21st century. Each seminar, open to the public, will be conducted by a renowned guest scholar focusing on one disciplinary aspect of comparative literature. Seminar readings will be available on the web in PDF prior to each seminar.