Session Details

Saturday, 08 January

597. William T. Vollmann: Methodologies and Morals

3:30–4:45 p.m., Diamond Salon 7, J. W. Marriott

A special session

Presiding: Daniel Lukes, New York Univ.

1. “William T. Vollmann’s End Matter (Appendixes, Glossaries, and Effluvia): Are They Necessary to His Texts?” Michael Hemmingson, Univ. of California, San Diego

2. “‘Reactionaries Forever’: William T. Vollmann’s Paradigms of Power,” Joshua Jensen, Claremont Graduate Univ.

3. “Critical Hermeneutics, Weak Theology, and Autobiographical Prolepsis: William T. Vollmann’s Moral Calculus and Symbolic History,” Christopher Coffman, Boston Univ.

Respondent: Larry McCaffery, San Diego State Univ.

For abstracts, write to daniel.lukes@nyu.edu after 25 Dec.

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