Small Forms in Nineteenth-Century America
Due Date: 08-15-2025
This edited collection expands critical approaches to scale in nineteenth-century America by shifting focus from immensity to “small forms,” or forms disposed toward brevity or reduction. Building on scholarship that examines the operation of individual forms such as epigraphs, extracts, footnotes, recipes, and the serial sketch, this collection aims to synthesize analysis of diverse small forms evident in nineteenth-century American literature and culture. We are especially interested in papers that consider small forms in their endlessness, ongoingness, and nonlinearity, and welcome submissions exploring a wide range of small forms alongside related practices, genres, and media in nineteenth-century American literature and culture.
Deadline for submissions: 15 August 2025
Thomas W. Howard, Bilkent University (thomas.howard@bilkent.edu.tr)
Madeline Zehnder, Humboldt University of Berlin (madeline.zehnder@hu-berlin.de)