Initially I was stupefied at the daunting task of where to begin. Then I went to the my common search engine, Google and found much more than I originally anticipated. There are symposiums EVERYWHERE and even if you can't find a recent one you can look at the page of symposium that occurred in the past and (ideally) find a link to the more current page. I found the 18th Annual CSU Shakespeare Symposium at CSU (California State University) Fullerton back in 2010. Its a joint effort put on by The Acacia Group and As You Like Shakespeare Society. I found that the quest speaker was a Louise Sorel who actually played Katherine in Taming of the Shrew on stage. She would be a great example of someone who I found because of content, however, I decided to go through another individual and ask her a few questions because of her career as a professional actress. (She is also easier to contact because I don't have an Imdb or LinkedIn account.)
In order to strengthen my mini paper I decided that I needed more historical context so I obtained the book recommended by Professor Burton, and read the chapters that I thought pertained to marriage. I also e-mailed the author who happens to be a professor at BYU and am waiting to hear back. Meanwhile I will probably go back to the library for more biographical/historical information as I have already proven that to be a valuable resource in the past.
If anyone sees anything regarding family life in Elizabethan times I'd love to have you link it to this page or let me know where I can find it!
I can't remember what the book was called, but there was an informational text about Shakespearean times that included a little information about the typical family dynamics of Shakespeare's day. If you want the name, I could try and e-mail the teacher I worked with in 276 for the name.
ReplyDeleteThat would be great actually. Who knows I might actually find it in the library.
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