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  A Letter of Welcome from Dr. Ed Block:
 

EAR friends of Renascence:

Welcome to the updated Renascence web site. As the journal enters its fifty-eighth year of publication, we shall be endeavoring to provide more useful information in this more technologically advanced and current manner.

 

Despite a new look for its web site, however, Renascence will continue its commitment to publishing the best essays on values in literature, and to fostering excellent scholarship by providing timely responses to all serious scholars -- aspiring or veteran -- who submit their work.

Please feel free to explore the new web site features, and recommend to colleagues and friends that they do likewise.

For the Renascence staff,

Ed Block
Editor & Professor of English

Summer session
Renascence has new summer hours. Starting July 5 through August 19, Renascence office hours will be: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. If you need to contact us at any other time, please feel free to email us at renascence@marquette.edu

Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature Announces

The Dr. Joseph M. Schwartz Memorial Essay Prize

To honor the late Dr. Schwartz, former editor of the journal, Renascence will award a prize of $1,000 for the essay judged to be the best published in Renascence during the previous two years. In alternate years Renascence will pay $1,000 for a commissioned essay on a topic in American literature, Dr. Schwartz's field of expertise.

Essays appearing in Renascence will be judged by a group of three judges chosen from the Renascence Associates. The prize-winning essay will be announced in the winter issue of the year following selection.

For further information about the award, or to contribute to the award endowment, or subscribe to the journal, contact:

Dr. Ed Block, Editor
Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature
Raynor Memorial Libraries, M164
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881.

Click here to download a PDF Version of the Dr. Schwartz Essay Prize

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