Forum Essay Prize 2013: Literature and Gossip
Truman Capote famously said that ‘all literature is gossip’, but how true is this’ Gossip plays a key part in the literature of oral traditions, in classical drama, and in the epistolary novel, among many other forms. For the 2013 Forum Prize competition, the General Editors of Forum for Modern Language Studies (FMLS) invite articles addressing the topic of Literature and Gossip.In what ways does literature exploit the concept of gossip« What can the use of gossip in fiction, drama and verse tell us about characters, plot and tone? In what ways is literature itself gossip...