I am convinced that fellows like me who live in dark

cellars must be kept under restraint. They may be able to

live in their dark cellars for forty years and never open

their mouths, but the moment they get into the light of day

and break out they may talk and talk and talk...


Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

November 6 & 7

Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
Department of Comparative Literature
Graduate Center
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016