The Circle at SAMLA

The SAMLA division of the Mark Twain Circle will sponsor the following session (session 20) at the 2000 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Convention (Birmingham, AL; Nov. 10-12):

Time and Place:  Friday, Nov. 10, 3:00-4:30 p.m.; East D

Title: North and South, East and West in Mark Twain

Chair: Joe B. Fulton, Dalton State C

Secretary: Philip Leon, The Citadel

Papers:

¨ Mark Twain and Southern Voices (20 min.)--Barbara G. Ladd, Emory U

¨ Metaphors of North and South, East and West in Mark Twain's "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed" (20 min.)--John Bird, Winthrop U

¨ Region, Religion, and the Later Mark Twain (20 min.)--Jason Horn, Gordon C

Respondent (10 min.)--Alan Gribben, Auburn U at Montgomery

Executive Committee: Janet Gabler-Hover, Georgia State U; Allison Ensor, U of Tennessee at Knoxville; John Bird, Winthrop U

The session will include a SAMLA Mark Twain Circle business meeting to elect officers for 2001.