INCS ESSAY PRIZE FOR 2008

Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies has awarded the 2007 Essay Prize to Marilyn Ruth Brown for her article . “‘Miss La La’s’ Teeth: Reflections on Degas and Race” (details below). Charles Laporte received an honorable mention for his “The Bard, the Bible, and the Victorian Shakespeare Question.”

Details on submissions for the 2008 prize will be forthcoming in the near future. The $500 prize recognizes excellence in interdisciplinary scholarship about any nineteenth-century topic or world region.

We encourage members of INCS to submit or nominate essays

§ That were written by current members of INCS

§ That were published in a book or journal in 2007

§ That make a significant addition to the field of nineteenth-century studies

Please send three paper copies of the nominated essay to prize committee chair by the date to be specified (early 2009).

The winner will be announced at the annual INCS conference, April 23-35, 2009.

Previous Prize Winners

2007. Marilyn Ruth Brown. “‘Miss La La’s’ Teeth: Reflections on Degas and Race,” Art Bulletin 89 (2007) 738-65. Honorable mention: Charles Laporte, “The Bard, the Bible, and the Victorian Shakespeare Question,” ELH 74 (2007) 609-628.

2006. Andrea L. Hibbard and John T. Parry, "Law, Seduction, and the Sentimental Heroine: The Case of Amelia Norman," American Literature 78 (2006): 325-55.

2005. Laura Rotunno, "The Long History of 'In Short': Mr. Micawber, Letter-Writers, and Literary Men," Victorian Literature and Culture 33 (2005): 415-33.

2004. Daniel Novak, "A Model Jew: 'Literary Photographs' and the Jewish Body in Daniel Deronda," Representations 85 (2004): 58-97.

2003. Jennifer Ruth, "Between Labor and Capital: Charlotte Brontë's Professional Professor," Victorian Studies 45 (2003): 279-303.