Christopher Newfield’s 2023 MLA Presidential address, "Criticism After This Crisis: Toward a National Strategy for Literary and Cultural Study," was published in Representations 164 (Fall 2023). As the 2024 MLA conference commences, we thought it an opportune time to revisit Newfield's 2023 address,
Book proposals are wonderful tools to develop and help you clarify your thoughts, to find a way to express your thesis clearly and succinctly. It's also what you'll need to persuade a publishing house that your idea is a great fit for their press and their mission. This past spring, UC Press Sen