Deb wrote:
> Do all new listers know of the tremendous resources available on jmdl.com?
> Not to take anything away from the official site, but the article database
> is among the best - no, THE best -- of any "fan" site I've ever seen.
It's
> also easily searchable, so great kernels of information can be retrieved
> with a click.
And if not in large part to you, Deb, this database may have never been.
See, it's all your fault that some of us have become walking datafiles of
Joni details ;-) But seriously, you can be very proud that what you started
has become such an important resource to so many, including authors such as
Stacy Luftig and other professional researchers.
> Kakki's lucky; I came of academic age under the "New Criticism" model
where
> discussion of a writer's personal life was verboten. It was so sterile.
Wow, this amazes me - I had no idea. I've been out of touch with academic
trends in the liberal arts since I left undergrad long ago. Sterile indeed.
I wonder if that model would, for example, extend to excluding the private
letters of Van Gogh to brother Theo. Another example I recall are in-depth
discussions in my *high school* English class about the colorful (scandalous
at the time) and intertwined private friendships between Lord Byron, Mary
Shelley and Percy Shelley and how they affected, influenced and inspired
each other's poetry and writings.
Kakki
