Uselessness in Contemporary Fiction

Inviting 300-word abstracts for papers that reflect on uselessness as a motif in post-1960 Anglophone literature. What sorts of aesthetic, political, and/or ethical stances do contemporary texts frame as useless, and why?

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Daniel Bergman, U of Toronto (d.bergman@utoronto.ca )