CFP Interwar Mysteries: The Golden Age and Beyond (Spec Issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection) (10/12/2018)

Interwar Mysteries: The Golden Age and Beyond (theme issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection)
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/06/07/interwar-mysteries-the-golden-age-and-beyond-theme-issue-of-clues-a-journal-of

deadline for submissions: October 12, 2018

full name / name of organization: Elizabeth Foxwell / Clues: A Journal of Detection

contact email: clues@elizabethfoxwell.com

Interwar Mysteries: The Golden Age and Beyond (theme issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection)
Guest editor: Victoria Stewart (University of Leicester)


“These things never happened before the War.”
—Mr. Wetheridge, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928), by Dorothy L. Sayers

Although the period between the World Wars is known as the Golden Age of traditional mystery fiction, other new forms such as the hard-boiled subgenre, true crime, and noir also emerged, often reflecting a grimmer reality. This theme issue of Clues will feature articles that examine this important crossroads in mystery, detective, and crime fiction.
Potential topics of interest include the following:

• Country house and village mysteries
• Twists to the traditional cozy
• True crime and mystery
• Serials, short stories, and anthologies
• Debates, controversies, and causes célèbres
• Hard-boiled mystery in the pulps
• Presence/effects of World War I in mysteries of the period
• Theater and film adaptations that reflect new approaches

Submissions should include a 50-word abstract and 4–5 keywords, and be between 15 to 20 double-spaced, typed pages (approximately 3,300 to 6,000 words) in Times or Times Roman font with minimal formatting. Manuscripts should follow the MLA Handbook (8th ed., 2016), including parenthetical citations in text and an alphabetized Works Cited list.


Submit manuscripts to:
Janice M. Allan, Clues executive editor, University of Salford, email: J.M.Allan at salford.ac.uk


Address questions to:
Elizabeth Foxwell, Clues managing editor, email: clues at elizabethfoxwell.com


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Poppins Is Back!

In addition to the return of Winnie the Pooh and friends, Disney is also set to revisit the world of Mary Poppins in the upcoming film Mary Poppins Returns. Once again, the young children of the series are now grown-ups and struggling with issues they cannot handle alone until their childhood friend returns.

Here is the teaser from Disney:

Return of Pooh

Disney has become very focused recently on remaking its animated classics as live-action films, and it is now set to release a series of big-budget sequels to other productions.

The first to come out is Christopher Robin. Apparently, Robin has grown up into a depressed middle-aged man (played by Ewan McGregor) and needs the help of his childhood pals from the Hundred Acre Woods to set things right. The CG Pooh looks a bit like Ted (from Seth MacFarlane's adult comedy from a few years ago), but, reminiscent of Michael Bay's use of voice actors from the Transformers animated series in the live-action films of that franchise, he is voiced by Jim Cummings, the Pooh of Disney's long-running television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh from the late 1980s and 1990s. Like Transformers, all other characters appear to have new voices.

Trailer follows: