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<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"
lang="EN-GB">New
thematic section from <i>Culture Unbound</i>: “Literary Public
Spheres” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/current-volume.html"><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/current-volume.html</span></b></a><b><span
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lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><i><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Culture Unbound: Journal of
Current Cultural research</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB"> is an open access e-journal that seeks to
be a forum for contemporary, cutting edge cultural research from a wide
range
of disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas. <i>Culture Unbound</i>
has just
published a new thematic section entitled “Literary Public
Spheres”, edited by <b>Torbjörn Forslid</b> and <b>Anders Ohlsson</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"
lang="EN-GB">In today’s
literary public sphere, different artistic and commercial interests
converge.
Dissolution of genres and transgression of borders has become the rule,
rather
than the exception. The objective of this thematic section on “Literary
Public Spheres”<i> </i>is to broaden the scope of literary studies by
exploring how both writers and readers employ literature for a variety
of
purposes in a wide range of public settings. It considers the public
conversation about literature, as a crucial part of literature itself
and
explores how literary texts become the subject of debate, negation or
dialogue
centred on contemporary values and opinions of popular concern. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color: black;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span
class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-GB">This
overarching
theme covers a wide field of more specific scholarly perspectives that
explore
literature’s shifting role in different public spheres, past as well as
present. Subjects include the press of 18<sup>th</sup> century
Scandinavia,
Postsoviet educational policy, historical lexicography, the visual
performance
of authorship, the role of the essayist and the mechanisms of present
day book
blogging, while the theoretical perspectives range from Jürgen Habermas
to
Friedrich Kittler. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span
lang="EN-GB">Featured
articles are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Torbjörn
Forslid & Anders Ohlsson</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">,
“Literary Public Spheres”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Patrik
Lundell</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">,
“Participation, Representation and Media System: Habermasian Paths to
the
Past”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Emma
Eldelin</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">, “An
Amateur’s Raid in a World of Specialists? The Swedish Essay in
Contemporary Public Debates”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Ann
Steiner</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">,
“Personal
Readings and Public Texts: Book Blogs and Online Writing about
Literature”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Karin
Sarsenov</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">, “The
Literature Curriculum in Russia: Cultural Nationalism vs. The Cultural
Turn”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Jon
Helgason</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">, “Why
ABC
Matters: Lexicography and Literary History”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Torbjörn
Forslid & Anders Ohlsson</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">,
“The Author on Stage: Björn Ranelid as Performance Artist”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">You can access all articles for
free at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">We also welcome new article
manuscripts in all areas
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