Food and the Literary Imagination

Call for Papers Deadline: October 31, 2005

The Critic, the journal of the College English Association, is preparing a special issue on Food and the Literary Imagination.

Scholars interested are invited to submit essays of 5,000 words.

Topics are flexible and may include such as:

• food as symbol;
• food and character or theme;
• food and ideology;
• conversation at meals;
• cultural preferences, taboos, and social roles;
• food and social currency;
• food and sexuality;
• food, fasting, and spirituality,
• and of course, the pleasure of it all.

For further information, contact Walter Levy : wlevy129@aol.com