Reflections on 65 Years of Symposium

Abstract

Drawing on various documents and correspondence, this essay reconstructs the 65-year history of the journal Symposium. It reflects in particular on Myron Lichtblau's years as editor and on the journal's contributions to scholarship on Mario Vargas Llosa.

Keywords:

• Myron Lichtblau
• Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures
• Syracuse University
• Mario Vargas Llosa

Acknowledgments

Amy S. Wyngaard is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Syracuse University. She has served as executive editor of Symposium since 2007. Her monograph, Bad Books: Rétif de la Bretonne, Sexuality, and Pornography, is forthcoming from University of Delaware Press.