Showing posts with label biblography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biblography. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Elizabethan Marriage Politics

Well, my renewed efforts to get some feedback from the Shakespeare forum on Goodreads were successful! I re-phrased my question to get more general help on the topic of marriage during the Renaissance, particularly in reference to Measure for Measure, and a wonderful gentleman in the UK recommended a chapter of a book on British history that I was able to find in the BYU library. Pretty cool.
My Grandfather's online feedback on what kinds of things to look for when exploring/developing my topic helped direct my general search for specific contextual information regarding marriage customs/conflicts during Shakespeare's time.
I've also been talking with roommates about the topic, and trying to explain my paper, just like with the video exercise, has helped me clarify my argument and my understanding of how I want to develop it.
I found the majority of my most helpful sources on JSTOR and in the Shakespeare reference section of the HBLL (5th floor), as well as Tudor history books in the reference section on the 1st floor.


Thursday, November 1, 2012

"Halstaff" Annotated Bibliography

Social Graph. The most obvious/available one for this is to post my tweethis on Facebook, as that will make it available to my peers and homies. It will also serve to do a little fishing for enthusiasts about the topic. I've considered opening a Twitter account for about a year, but I haven't bothered. I very well may make that step in my life so as to be able to narrow down in scope my social targets. Otherwise, I can text peers as well.

New Media. I've dabbled in goodreads and imdb for a few. I've enjoyed reading several reviews on goodreads about not only Henry IV, Part 1, but I also ended up looking into what people had to say about the preceding play, Richard II, and also Henry IV, Part 2. I recently watched the most recent film adaptation of this play which is part of a BBC series titled The Hollow Crown, which covers from Richard II to Henry V. I'm not sure if I'll be able to check out other earlier adaptations of part one of Henry IV, but I think it would serve me well. Back to goodreads for a second, I also checked for groups on Henry IV, but I was given nothing. I'm thinking the next thing I'll do is check into blog searches.