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- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Southern Comparative Literature Association
- ISSN
- 1559-0887
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Abstract
eDitor's ColuMn Continuing Traditions and New Beginnings It is with great pleasure that I assume the editorial responsibilities of The Comparatist, the official organ of the Southern Comparative Literature Association. I assume the tasks of editor also with a great sense of dedication. This journal is one of a handful of publications devoted to Comparative Literature in the United States. It has a fine tradition of mentoring the work of young scholars in our field. This commitment is highlighted by the yearly publication of the best graduate student paper from the preceding year's sCla conference. Under the able hands of its past editors, The Comparatist has done much to foster the work of scholars in the initial stages of their careers. I have a personal fondness for this journal since it was here, under the able editorship of John Burt Foster, Jr. that I published my own first articles. Although I then lived and worked in the North, I knew that the sCla and The Comparatist were the places to go if one needed mentoring and feedback on one's fledgling steps in the profession. It was my experience with the sCla and The Comparatist that has so endeared
Journal
The Comparatist – University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 24, 2008