*CFP* CALL FOR CHAPTERS, CRITICAL COMPANIONS TO POPULAR DIRECTORS SERIES

Critical Companions to Popular Directors Series covers many directors who have not been studied previously in academic publications and whose works nonetheless are highly renowned nowadays. The intent of the series is to offer interesting and illuminating interpretations of the various directors’ films that will be accessible to both scholars of the academic community and critically-minded fans of the directors’ works. Each volume combines discussions of a director’s oeuvre from a broad range of disciplines and methodologies, thus offering the reader a variegated and compelling picture of the directors’ works. In this sense, the volumes will be of interest (and will be instructive) for students and scholars engaged in subjects as different as film studies, literature, philosophy, popular culture studies, religion and others. We welcome proposals for both monographs and edited collections that offer interdisciplinary analyses, focusing on the complete oeuvre of one contemporary director per volume.

Proposals may include (but are certainly not limited to) the following directors:

• Luc Besson; 
• Katryn Bigelow; 
• Jane Campion; 
• Chris Columbus; 
• Francis Ford Coppola; 
• Claire Denis; 
• Clint Eastwood; 
• David Fyncher; 
• Mel Gibson; 
• Ron Howard; 
• Peter Jackson; 
• George Lucas; 
• Michael Mann; 
• Hayao Miyazaki; 
• Christopher Nolan; 
• Roman Polanski; 
• Sam Raimi; 
• Guy Ritchie; 
• Brian Singer; 
• Zack Snyder; 
• Quentin Tarantino; 
• Julie Taymor; 
• Franco Zeffirelli.

We will gladly welcome any queries by prospective authors/editors for the preparation of a proposal. Please contact Prof. Adam Barkman (abarkman@redeemer.ca) and Dr. Antonio Sanna (isonisanna@hotmail.com). To directly submit a manuscript for consideration, please send the following:

1. a prospectus (see below for details) 
2. writing sample (introduction and/or one body chapter) 
3. your curriculum vitae

Deadline: July 1, 2020

 

The prospectus should include:

1. A description of the book, describing the core themes, arguments, issues, goals, and/or topics of the work, what makes it unique and original, what questions it seeks to answer, and why you are qualified to write it. (2-5 pages) 
2. An annotated table of contents, with an abstract for each chapter. 
3. If you are proposing a contributed volume, please include titles, affiliations, and brief resumes for each of the contributors. 
4. A description of your target audience. 
5. An analysis of competing or similar books (including publishers and dates), describing distinctive and original elements of your project that set it apart from these other works. 
6. An indication of whether any part of your manuscript has been published previously, and if it is a doctoral dissertation, what changes you are proposing to prepare it for publication. 
7. The length of the manuscript either as a word count or a page count (12-point type, double-spaced 8 1/2" 10. by 11" pages). 
8. Will there be figures, tables, or other non-text material, and, if so, approximately how many? 
9. If the text is not complete, please still estimate its final length, not including the non-text material. Also, if the manuscript is not complete, add an estimation of when it will be finished. Is there a particular date by which you hope the book will be published (due to a historical anniversary, conference, etc.)? 
10. The names of four to seven respected scholars in your field with whom you have no personal or professional relationship. Include their titles, affiliations, e-mail addresses, and/or mailing addresses. 
11. An indication of whether the manuscript is under consideration by other publishers.