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List name: ALGER-L
Subscription address: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.WUACC.EDU
Owner: Bill Roach <zzroac@acc.wuacc.edu>
Description:
The list for for discussing the work and world of Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832 - 1899). Submissions on the novels, short stories, and/or poetry are welcome. Works that deal with Alger or the philosophical or historical significance of his writing are appropriate discussion topics. Submissions related to Alger collecting are also welcome. There is a corresponding web site at http://www.wuacc.edu/sobu/broach/algerres.html/

List name: AMLIT-L
Subscription address: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU
Owner: Michael O'Conner <ENGMO@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU>
Description:
The American Literature Discussion List provides consultations, conferences, and an ongoing exchange of information among scholars and students of American Literature on this list. In addition, announcements of relevant conferences and calls for papers are welcome and encouraged.

List name: APPLIT@MSUACAD.MOREHEAD-ST.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@MSUACAD.MOREHEAD-ST.EDU
Owner: David Frazier <frazier@msuacad.morehead-st.edu>
Description:
APPLIT is a moderated list for the discussion of Appalachian Literature in all of its forms, and of Appalachian/American history as it relates to and informs that literature.

List name: ARCANA
Subscription address: LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
Owner: Jae Walker <arcana-request@brownvm.brown.edu>
Description:
ARCANA is a list for students and scholars of the occult. Some possible topics of discussion include: the history of occultism; famous historical occultists (e.g. John Dee, Count Ste. Germaine, Madam Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley); the literature of occultism; the language of occultism; strange and wondrous old spells, summonings, et al.; modern literary occultism in the context of its source materials; derivation of magical names, words and phrases; the roots of modern occultism; how the Golden Dawn (re)shaped the modern tarot deck; alchemy, persecution of witches throughout history, and so on. While the topics discussed on ARCANA may range widely (as long as they pertain to the occult in some manner or another), special emphasis is placed on the serious and academic treatment of these subjects. Although Wicca, paganism and other religions sometimes come into the discussion, they are not the primary or even a major focus of the list.

List name: BLISTER@WORLD.STD.COM
Subscription address: MAJORDOMO@WORLD.STD.COM
Owner: levin@ebo.ci.net
Description:
Blister stands for Book LISTs with ER tacked on for mnemonic purposes. This list is a place to send lists of books, not to discuss books. The idea behind this list is that you get a list of every book you've read, categorize the books into groups that you like and dislike, post the list. Feel free to make up categories. The point is that from time to time you'll see a list from someone who seems to have similar tastes to yours, and hopefully there will be a whole slew of books that person loved that you haven't read. Bear in mind that very few people have taste as good as you do. Most of the lists will be from people whose taste is inferior to yours. Their lists are potentially very, very long. Just delete those letters. Don't bother trying to reeducate cretins. They don't know good literature when they see it and can't be taught.

List name: CANLIT-L
Subscription address: MAILSERV@NLC-BNC.CA
Owner: Canadian Literature Research Service <clrssrlc@nlc-bnc.ca>
Description:
CANLIT-L is a bilingual discussion group for anyone interested in Canadian literature, literary publishing, or Canadian children's literature. The purpose of the list is twofold. Better communication and connection among writers, publishers, professional associations, librarians and archivists, students, professors, and interested readers, should ensure lively discussion about particular works, writers, trends, literary theory, and the study and teaching of Canadian literature, among others. For the individual, questions about resources for the study of Canadian literature (for example, the location of a particular writer's papers), advice and opinion should encourage more effective research and better appreciation of Canada's literature. Participants are invited to post questions, comments, book reviews, concerns, ideas, information (eg. locations of readings, lectures, new courses, new acquisitions of literary papers, etc.) and suggestions for making the listserv meet the needs of the Canadian literary community.

List name: CHAUCER@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU
Owner: Jeff Taylor <GR4302@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
Description:
This is an open-forum discussion list for Medieval English Literature.

List name: CHAUCER@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU
Owner: Thomas Bestul <tbestul@crcvms.unl.edu>
Description:
Chaucernet is an unedited discussion group devoted to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and medieval English literature and culture in the period 1100-1500. The list is sponsored by the New Chaucer Society and is open to all who are interested in Chaucer.

List name: CHILDLIT@RUTVM1.RUTGERS.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@RUTVM1.RUTGERS.EDU
Owner: Michael Joseph <mjoseph@zodiac>
Description:
A list to discuss children's literature - theory and criticism.

List name: CHRISTLIT@BETHEL.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@BETHEL.EDU
Owner: Daniel E. Ritchie <d-ritchie@bethel.edu>
Description:
ChristLit is an open, moderated discussion list featuring the interrelations between Christianity and Literature. The list will maintain a relationship with the Conference on Christianity and Literature and has among its purposes increasing a sense of community among subscribers. It is not intended for theological dispute. Items likely to be discussed include: new scholarship, commentary, criticism, and queries; announcements of meetings, seminars, calls for papers; ideas for teaching literary texts with an awareness of their relation to the Christian tradition; critical perspectives and theories informed by Christianity.

List name: COMPARATIVE-LITERATURE@MAILBASE.AC.UK
Subscription address: MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK
Description:
Comparative-literature intends to provide a forum for all who are interested in the study of literature without confinement to national or linguistic boundaries, and in relation to other disciplines. It will advertise the activities of the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA).

List name: DERRIDA@CFRVM.BITNET
Subscription address: LISTSERV%CFRVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Owner: David L Erben <dqfacaa@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu>
Description:
This list is interested in discussing the philosophical, literary and political importance of deconstruction and specifically the work of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida (in such works as OF GRAMMATOLOGY, GLAS, etc.). Other writers who use a deconstructive approach to philosophy or literature (such as J. Hillis Miller and Paul de Man), the effects, applications and criticisms of deconstruction are also discussed.

List name: E-POETRY@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
Owner: Ken Sherwood v001pxfu@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
Description:
This list serves as a vehicle for the distribution of an interactive literary journal: RIF/T and related exchange collection of any information related to contemporary poetics. RIF/T provides a forum for poets that are conversant with the media to explore the full potential of a true electronic journal. RIF/T shifts and riffs with the diction of "trad" poetry investigating a new, flexible, fluid poetry of exchange. Archives of e-poetry and related files are stored in the e-poetry FILELIST.

List name: FICTION-OF-PHILOSOPHY@WORLD.STD.COM
Subscription address: MAJORDOMO@WORLD.STD.COM
Owner: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
Description:
The FICTION-OF-PHILOSOPHY: As in the fiction-of-crime, the category encompasses both `philosophical fiction' and that aspect of philosophy which encounters fiction as a mode of inquiry. Philosophical fiction would include the novels of Bataille, Ballard, Gibson, Sartre; and other writers/writings too numerous to mention... The list has as goals both the discussion of the FICTION-OF-PHILOSOPHY in general or in reference to specific authors; and the presentation of creative work that may bear on current issues of theory. The threads on the list might include presentations and discussions of creative work by the participants, cross-postings addressing relevant issues, discussions/critiques/group readings of specific literary works, and discussions of more general issues ranging from the interface between poetry and philosophy, to the narratology of the site of writing-philosophy (Heidegger's forest, Jabes' desert, Ballard's highway). This list is open to everyone interested in philosophy and theory, on any level. This list gets between 0 and 8 messages/day.

List name: GOTHIC LITERATURE
Subscription address: JANET%"MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK"
Owner: Ian McCormick <hss_idm@uk.ac.nene.oak>
Description:
A discussion list for scholars, researchers and teachers interested in any aspect of the Gothic or the Grotesque. Appropriate topics for the list include: book reviews. abstracts. notes and queries, and conference information.

List name: LITERARY@LIST.CREN.NET
Subscription address: LISTPROC@LIST.CREN.NET
Owner: DAVID HODGES <DAVID@RECOL.COM>
Description:
LITERARY is an on-going discussion of books and authors. Discussions usually center around, but are not limited to, American and English literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. People often recommend good books that they've just read, sharing their enjoyment with a receptive audience. People seeking information often find answers here, such as "What was that story in which..." or "who wrote the book in which..." There are also "Book of the Month" discussions, in which members of the group agree to read a particular book and join in an on-going discussion.

List name: LITERARY@UCF1VM.CC.UCF.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@UCF1VM.CC.UCF.EDU
Owner: UCF Postmaster <POSTMAST@UCF1VM.CC.UCF.EDU>
Description:
Mailing list for any lover of literature. Discussions will include favorite authors, favorite works, literary styles, criticisms, etc. (in fact, basically anything you can think of regarding literature, unless postings become too numerous). Postings from scholars as well as interested parties are welcome. Log files are kept on a monthly basis.

List name: NATIVELIT-L@CORNELL.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@CORNELL.EDU
Owner: Michael Wilson <idoy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu>
Description:
This is a list for the discussion of Native American Literature. For the purposes of this list, "native" refers to autochthonous peoples of the North Americas (the US, Canada, and Mexico) and neighboring islands, including Hawaii. Discussions in this list are open to any aspect of native literature. The list welcomes book reviews, articles about poetry, fiction, and criticism; information about publications, talks, conferences; and general chit-chat about native literature. While different points of view are always welcome, flamers will be deleted from the subscription list without notice.

List name: NATLIT-L@ENVIROLINK.ORG
Subscription address: LISTPROC@ENVIROLINK.ORG
Owner: Geoffrey Gothelf <natlit@well.sf.ca.us>
Description:
The NATLIT-L (Natural Literacy) list is founded for the purpose of discussing books and other resource materials (tapes, software, and artwork) pertaining to nature, environmental science and outdoor activities. This can include good books on environmental education, environmental law, resource management, meteorology, plant and animal identification, and mountaineering, bicycling or backpacking guidebooks. Natural Literacy is based on the premise that knowledge about the earth will help to save and preserve her. And learning is fun too! If you agree then this mailing list is for you. Appropriate contributions will include: recommendations for good reading; recommendations for people requesting information; book reviews-- professionally or semi-professionally written; announcements of new book releases; and discussion of ideas for potential authors of new books. This is a moderated list. The list-owner is Geoffrey Gothelf, founder of Natural Literacy, a book selling company with an electronic catalog on the EnviroLink FreeNet (Telnet or gopher envirolink.org). For additional information about Natural Literacy send an email to natlit-info@envirolink.org.

List name: NIETZSCH
Subscription address: LISTSERV@DARTMOUTH.EDU
Owner: Malcolm Brown <Malcolm.Brown@DARTMOUTH.EDU>
Description:
This discussion list is a forum for scholarly and interdisciplinary discussions of the philosophy of and literature of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). Topics include all aspects of Nietzsche studies, including discussion of subjects closely related to Nietzsche (such as Schopenhauer and Wagner). Scholarly societies concerned with Nietzsche's thought are encouraged to post announcements here.

List name: PHIL-LIT@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU
Owner: David Gershom Myers <DGMYERS@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU>
Description:
PHIL-LIT provides a means to link the various practitioners and unify the various activities in the field of literature and philosophy. PHIL-LIT offers news, job and book announcements, calls for papers, and conference plans. Subscribers post queries, trade inside information and advice, preview drafts of articles and reviews, dispute, praise, congratulate, insult, refute, and defend one another. It provides a single source of information which is also an exchange of ideas--an electronic newsletter run on democratic principles, so to speak. It owes allegiance to no particular school or style of criticism, and is open to anyone who takes a serious interest in philosophical interpretations of literature, literary investigations of classic works of philosophy, philosophy of language, and literary theory.

List name: PREZHIST@KASEY.UMKC.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@KASEY.UMKC.EDU
Owner: Charlie Dell <cdell@vax1.umkc.edu>
Description:
PrezHist - Presidential History Forum - is for the discussion of the history, politics, campaigns and lives of the US Presidents from 1789 to 1992. The list is unmoderated. The list is not restricted to just these aspects of the Presidency of the United States, but can also discuss books, art, literature and the families of the Presidents, or anything else pertaining to the general subject.

List name: PUBYAC@LIS.PITT.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@LIS.PITT.EDU
Owner: pyowner@lis.pitt.edu
Description:
PUBYAC is a discussion group that focuses on library services to children and young adults in public Libraries. This discussion group is one of practical appeal, focusing on programming ideas, outreach and literacy programs for children and caregivers, censorship issues, children and young adult collection development, administrative considerations, job openings, professional development, and other pertinent services or issues. A plan exists to eventually build up an electronic resource center which will comprise programming "kits" designed especially for use in public libraries. You will receive confirmation of your subscription and a short welcome message. Please introduce yourself to the list upon receiving your notice of subscription. This group is moderated by Shannon L. VanHemert (senti@lis.pitt.edu) and Margaret Mary Kimmel (kimmel@lis.pitt.edu).

List name: PURTOPOI@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU
Owner: Tharon Howard <ucc@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Description:
The List name stands for Purdue Rhetoric, Professional Writing, and Language Discussion Group. It is a scholarly forum for the discussion of current issues or "topoi" in the fields of rhetoric and composition, professional writing, and language research. While the list began as a list for Purdue only, it became so popular that it has been opened up for general subscriptions. Previous topics taken up by the group have included: the relationship between social construction and ethnographic research in composition; the disciplinary relationships between rhetoric, literary criticism, and linguistics; the debate between agonistic and rogerian approaches to composition; the impact of cultural studies on composition pedagogy and research; and the antagonism between post-structuralist and cognitivist approaches to historical, theoretical, and empirical research methods. Members are encouraged to submit works in progress, reviews of recent publications, reports or announcements of conferences, bibliographies, or questions for group discussion. Subscription to the list is by listowners. Messages sent to the list are archived and may be retrieved by list members. Also, a filelist containing help files, bibliographies, and papers of interest is available to list members.

List name: SF-LIT
Subscription address: LISTPROC@LOC.GOV
Owner: Colleen Stumbaugh <cstu@loc.gov>, Eric A. Johnson <eaj@loc.gov>
Description:
This is a moderated forum open to anyone interested in discussing issues related to the literary side of Science Fiction and Fantasy in all its various media forms. SF-LIT provides an opportunity for members of the international community to participate in discussions related to reference, research, analysis, and other library and information center activities in the field of Science Fiction and Fantasy. SF-LIT is operated by the Library of Congress.

List name: SHAKSPER@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA
Subscription address: LISTSERV@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA
Owner: Ken Steele <KSTEELE@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Description:
SHAKSPER is a scholarly seminar modelled on HUMANIST, currently involving more than ninety Shakespearean researchers, instructors, students, and interested amateurs from seven countries. A number of national and international Shakespeare organizations have expressed an interest in formal involvement, and a number of traditional journals have announced it to their readership. The SHAKSPER Fileserver offers conference papers and abstracts, an Index to Scholarly Works in Progress, an International Directory of Shakespeare Institutes, a Directory of Shakespearean Conferences and Calls for Papers, biographies of conference members, and reference files on a wide variety of subjects. SHAKSPEReans also gain indirect access to the SHAKSPER Quarto/Folio Textbase, a 17-megabyte textbase of all 55 authoritative quarto and folio texts of the 38 plays. The daily SHAKSPER digests offer an opportunity for informal discussion, eavesdropping, peer review, and a fresh sense of worldwide community. Conference announcements, Shakespeare Association bulletins, member notes and queries, book and theatre reviews, textual debate, discussion of lecture strategies -- SHAKSPER has already logged all this and much more. No academic qualifications are required for membership in SHAKSPER, and anyone interested in English Literature, the Renaissance, or

List name: SHARP-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Owner: Patrick Leary <pleary@ucs.indiana.edu>
Description:
SHARP-L is a list devoted to the history of the printed word. In affiliation with the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing, SHARP-L means to give all of us who take an interest in this burgeoning field a way of exchanging ideas, information, and inquiries with other scholars in all disciplines all over the world. Whether your interest is incunabula or 20th-century American periodicals, literacy studies or the economics of the book trade, library history or literary theory, this is a list, and an organization, that hopes to bring us all together and get us acquainted. SHARP-L can be a way of bridging the occupational, disciplinary, and geographical differences among students of print culture that have tended to keep us isolated and all-too-ignorant of one another's work and interests.

List name: SPECTRUM-BOL
Subscription address: 73774.2733@COMPUSERVE.COM
Owner: Karen Olsen <specpress@genie.geis.com>
Description:
SPECTRUM-BOL is a mailing list maintained by Spectrum Press for discussions, releases, and announcements concerning Spectrum Books Online, an e-mail source for both electronic text and print media titles in the general, lesbian, and gay categories, with special emphasis on quality fiction and nonfiction, poetry, outrageous literary entertainments, art history, and all strong voices against political and social injustice. To subscribe, send a message with "subscribe spectrum-bol" to the Subscription address.

List name: T-AMLIT@BITNIC.EDUCOM.EDU
Subscription address: LISTSERV@BITNIC.EDUCOM.EDU
Owner: Randy Bass <RBASS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
Description:
"Teaching the American Literatures" (T-AMLIT) is a forum for teachers and scholars interested in the literatures of the United States. T-AMLIT is dedicated to fostering discussion about innovative and effective ways to teach a radically expanded American literature. This list has several aspects: it is a moderated list for teachers to ask questions, converse and debate critical and pedagogical approaches to American literature, and it provides a forum for the exchange of information on both print and electronic resources in American literature, including syllabi, bibliographies, study guides, and other pedagogical materials. It is also an Electronic Conference, with extended electronic seminars on topics such as "Teaching Native American Literature," "Teaching Class Issues Through American Literature," "Introducing Literary Theory into American Literature Courses" and so on. There are also be online seminars focused on accessing and utilizing Internet resources related to American literature for both scholarship and teaching.

List name: VICTORIA
Subscription address: LISTSERV@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Owner: Patrick Leary <pleary@ucs.indiana.edu>
Description:
VICTORIA is a scholarly list devoted to the sharing of information and ideas about any and all aspects of 19th-century British culture and society. VICTORIA equally welcomes the contributions of students and scholars in the fields of social history, politics, gender studies, publishing, literature, art, and intellectual history. VICTORIA is a lively list, averaging 10-20 postings per day. The listserv DIGESTS option is available. Archives of reference files for scholarly research, as well as the logs of all messages posted are available through the Subscription address or via Gopher to iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu. Every new subscriber receives a copy of the "VICTORIA User's Guide" that explains the protocol and guidelines governing the list and provides instructions about how to use Listserv commands.

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Subscribing to mailing lists

For administrative requests concerning a list (like having yourself added or deleted, asking about archive files, etc.), you write to the address given as the "subscription address" - NOT the "list address".
This means your message is sent to the list owner or an automated list processor, rather than to the entire membership of the mailing list.

If you accidentally send an administrative message to the entire mailing list (it happens!) you will probably get flamed by irate list members. So remember -- save everyone grief by sending administrative requests only to the subscription address!

package command
LISTPROC subscribe listname yourfirstname yourlastname
LISTSERV subscribe listname yourfirstname yourlastname
MAILBASE join listname yourfirstname yourlastname
MAJORDOMO subscribe listname

The command should be placed in the BODY of the message to the subscription address.
It also helps if you omit any signature.

Most automated list servers will send back an explanation of the correct command structure if your request is incorrectly worded in any way.

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