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Ford Madox Ford's Literary Contacts. Vol. 6 of IFMFS, edited by Paul Skinner, will be a varied volume, making room both for biographical contacts and literary 'influences' (understood as including figures influencing Ford, and those influenced by him). It is based on the premise that 'major' writers don't just build on the work of other 'major' writers, that 'influence' (positive or negative) sometimes comes from the peripheral characters and that, for instance, the major modernists often took off from less well-known or less-successful artists, either reaching beyond or over them, even frankly stealing things that hadn't been made the most of. Ford's relations with writers such as James, Conrad, Crane, Violet Hunt, Pound, and Rhys have been well-studied. Rather than sustained revaluations of such contacts, this volume aims to cover the less obvious but nonetheless revealing figures; but it is also open to briefer contributions shedding new light on even these familiar friendships. Contributions need not all be on prose, nor all on the twentieth century. Work on Ford's influence on later writers is also welcome. Papers given at the 2006 Birmingham conference may be submitted for inclusion. Briefer pieces (say 1 or 2 pages) are also welcome, from writers who prefer other forms than academic papers, or who have salient observations that might not warrant full-dress treatment.

The following list of potential subjects may suggest some topics worth exploring, but is by no means exhaustive!

Richard ALDINGTON, Maurice BARING, Djuna BARNES, William BECKFORD, René BEHAINE, Hilaire BELLOC, Arnold BENNETT, Anthony BERTRAM, R. D. BLACKMORE, Mathilde BLIND, George BORROW, James BOSWELL, Jacob BRIGHT, John BRIGHT, Ford Madox BROWN, Basil BUNTING, Samuel BUTLER, Mary BUTTS, R. B. BYLES, BYRON, Gilbert CANNAN, CERVANTES, G. K.CHESTERTON, Joseph CONRAD, A. E. COPPARD, Stephen CRANE, E. E. CUMMINGS, Clemence DANE, Alphonse DAUDET, Walter DE LA MARE, DEFOE, DICKENS, DOSTOEVSKY, Charles DOUGHTY, Norman DOUGLAS, Theodore DREISER, DRYDEN, T. S. ELIOT, EURIPIDES, Gustave FLAUBERT, John Gould FLETCHER, John FLETCHER (of Beaumont and Fletcher: in Cinque Ports), F. S.FLINT, Anatole FRANCE, Robert FROST, John GALSWORTHY, Constance GARNETT, Edward GARNETT, Henri GAUDIER-BRZESKA, German novelists, various (reviewed when in Giessen) Edward GIBBON, George GISSING, Douglas Goldring, Caroline GORDON, Cunninghame GRAHAM, Graham GREENE, Guzman de Alfarache, H.D., Thomas HARDY, Heinrich HEINE, Ernest HEMINGWAY, W. E. HENLEY, George HERBERT, Maurice HEWLETT, HORACE, W. H. HUDSON, Violet HUNT, Henry JAMES, James JOYCE, Rudyard KIPLING, D. H. LAWRENCE, LAZARILLO DE TORMES, Wyndham LEWIS, Franz LISZT, Amy LOWELL, Robert LOWELL, Mina LOY, E. V. LUCAS, Capt. MARRYAT, Elsie MARTINDALE, Charles MASTERMAN, Guy de MAUPASSANT, Francois MAURIAC, Robert McALMON, George MEREDITH, Harold MONRO, George MOORE, William MORRIS, John Middleton MURRY, NIETZSCHE, James PINKER, Katharine Anne PORTER, Ezra POUND, Marcel PROUST, Herbert READ, Stephen REYNOLDS, Jean RHYS, Christina ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel ROSSETTI, John RUSKIN, SHAKESPEARE, George Bernard SHAW, SHELLEY, May SINCLAIR, Samuel SMILES, Jean STAFFORD, Gertrude STEIN, STENDHAL, STEVENSON, Algernon Charles SWINBURNE, Arthur SYMONS, Allen TATE, THACKERAY, Edward THOMAS, TOLSTOY, TROLLOPE, Ivan TURGENEV, Mark TWAIN, Peire VIDAL, Walther von der VOGELWEIDE, Richard WAGNER, Izaak WALTON, Mrs Humphrey WARD, Charles WATERTON, H. G. WELLS, Glenway WESCOTT, Rebecca WEST, Gilbert WHITE, Walt WHITMAN, Oscar WILDE, William Carlos WILLIAMS, Virginia WOOLF, W. B. YEATS,

If you would like to contribute to Ford Madox Ford's Literary Contacts please contact Paul Skinner: PAULSKINNER3@compuserve.com