Summary of this issue *About the MLA Convention *Individual Convention Program *Map of Los Angeles *Floor Plan of the Los Angeles Convention Center *Floor Plan of the JW Marriot Los Angeles *Exhibitors *Floor Plan of the Exhibit Area INDEXES *Meetings Open to the Public: Forums, Special Events, Creative Conversations *Division Meetings *Discussion Group Meetings
Summary of this issue SPECIAL TOPIC: LITERARY CRITICISM FOR THE TWENTY-CENTURY. Coord. Cathy Caruth and Jonathan Culler *Introduction: Critical Paradigms. Jonathan Culler THINKING THE FUTURE: CORRESPONDENTS TO THE LARGE *Return to the Political. Jean-Jacques Lecercle *The Future of Literary Criticism. Richard Klein *Narratology in the Twenty-First Century: The Cognitive Approach to Narrative. Monika Fludernik *For a
Summary of this issue *A Statement of Editorial Policy *Forthcoming in PMLA *Features in PMLA *Guest Column: Queer Ecology. Timothy Morton CLUSTER: PHILOLOGY MATTERS *Introduction: Relating Philology, practicing Humanism. Michelle R. Warren *The forbidden Beowulf: Haunted by incest. James W. Earl *Swollen woman, shifting canon: A midwife's charm and the birth of secular romance lyric.