ATQ announces a special issue for 2002 on the cultural crossroads of music and literature produced in nineteenth-century America. From Douglass's comments about slave songs to Poe and Dickinson's "wild improvisations" to the early days of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley, music emerged in the nineteenth-century as a discourse playing into the print and performance culture of the expanding nation. How, when, and why was music used by authors, musicians, composers, governments, communities, and businesses? What made music American? What gave music and representations of music cultural capital in the nineteenth-century?

Articles might explore but are not limited to the following nineteenth-century topics: Literary depictions of musicians Literary appropriations of musical forms and styles Music and Americanness Slavery and music Blues and jazz roots Blackface Minstrelsy   Religion and music Lyric analysis Music and the stage Manuscript and recording innovations Early Vaudeville Early Tin Pan Alley Music and war Music and education Music and rebellion Music reviews and criticism Music and race, class, gender, and/or ethnicity ATQ encourages submissions from scholars in a variety of fields, including literary studies, ethnomusicology, sociology, history, anthropology, and performance studies. Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome. ATQ will have the capacity to reproduce images for this special issue.

Please submit manuscripts (3,000 to 7,500 words, following the MLA Handbook) by January 15, 2002. All submissions must be accompanied by sufficient return postage.

Address manuscripts or inquiries to: Dr. Craig Kleinman, ATQ Special Issue Editor-2002, Department of English, Independence Hall, 60 Upper College Road, Suite 2, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881.