I'm in Virginia for a very HOT visit with family; I will put the chapter in the mail to you when I'm back in New York on Friday! Hope you're staying cool -- -- Emily ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JMDL Digest) Date: Sunday, August 5, 2001 3:00 am Subject: JMDL Digest V2001 #331 > I'm sure that I could, in theory, open your attachment, but given > the > stresses of moving, detaching computers, changing e-mail > addresses, > phone numbers, citizenship (whatever!), I wonder if you couldn't > just > send me a copy by snail mail. Try this address: Department of > Comparative Literature, Princeton University, 91 Prospect Avenue, > Princeton 08544. Many thanks for your indulgence. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emily Kirk Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Monday, July 30, 2001 4:32 pm > Subject: Chapter Three > > > > > > > Hi Professor Barkan: Thanks for your nice email. I'm attaching > > my third chapter, the one on AYLI and 12thN. > > > > This one took a long time to write, because I was dealing with > > two plays and because I feel that this is an important chapter, > > overall, for the thesis. So I'm extra interested to see what > > you think. I've been inside this one for so long that I have > > a hard time getting some perspective on it. > > > > Some of the usual excuses, deflections: I was thinking over the > > weekend that some of my "bigger" statements in this chapter > > (i.e. about comedy, about what AYLI/12thN. do) are not as > > fully realized or explained as I want them to be. Also I do > > a lot of talking about the reason for and use of theories > > like New Historicism and psychological theory and then don't > > really apply them -- I plan to. And finally, I'm afraid > > there's probably a touch of that annoying "self-congratulatory" > > tone in here, where I act all faux "surprised" to discover sibling > > rhetoric. I don't like that either, and I plan to mute it down > > later, rest assured. (I think it helps me during the drafting > > stages, though, to make some big pronouncements--to myself!-- > > about what I need to do.) > > > > OK, that's just so you know I know there's a lot of revising > > still to come. On a positive note, there are some things > > about this chapter that I really like! And I think my close > > readings are strong. > > > > Thank you, as always, for your help and criticism. Have > > a super August! > > > > -- Emily
