Early 2007."Walsingham: Its Historical, Literary, and Cultural Significance." Call for papers: Essays are sought for a collection on the historical, literary and broader cultural significance of Walsingham, the medieval pilgrimage site in Norfolk, England, to the Virgin Mary, which was been revived in the Twentieth Century. Recent accounts have generally focused on historical origins, theology, or personal devotion: while these approaches will not be ignored, essays are especially sought on artistic, anthropological, architectural, poetical (e.g. the Walsingham ‘Ballad’ and its many settings, Walter Raleigh's and Robert Sidney’s poems, Hamlet, Hopkins, T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell), and broader cultural impact and significance of pilgrimages to Walsingham including gender, sexuality, pilgrimage, cultural nostalgia, magic, goddess religion. Poems and photo-essays would be considered. The project is to be co-edited by Gary Waller (Purchase College, SUNY) and Dominic Janes (Birkbeck College, London). A conference on Walsingham and Pilgrimage is tentatively planned for Walsingham in the Spring of 2008, and a call for participants can be expected early 2007. Gary Waller, Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies and Drama Studies, School of Humanities, Purchase College, Purchase, NY 10577 ( 914-251-7464; gary.waller@purchase.edu )