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