Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 2, No. 86. Monday, 18 Mar 1991. Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1991 07:34:08 -0500 From: Steven Urkowitz <SURCC@CUNYVM> Subject: 2.0084 SHAKSPER (MetaSHAKSPER?) Comment: Re: SHK 2.0084 SHAKSPER (MetaSHAKSPER?) Fritz Levy points to the immense value of SHAKSPER as a forum for breaking through the isolation of scholars who may be the sole specialists in a field in a particular college. The same feeling of isolation may occur in schools where several Shakespeareans, for example, hold rival court. The social patterns of my school, for reasons of scheduling and even the geometry of our office block, seem to keep me away from much contact with T.J. King, a warmly friendly colleague with similar interests in "theatrical Shakespeare." I once asked James Britton (the grand old man --or grand shining twinkling spirit) of British writing pedagogy) how I might influence other colleagues to adopt any kind of reformed methodologies. He laughed for a bit, and then first he warned, "Don't storm the citadel." Don't attack or proselytise the otherwise confirmed. "Instead," he said, "find out friends." Support one another in kind ways. Ken Steele seems to be caring for this network as a neat resource for finding out friends, engaging co-conspirators, picnicking in the sunlight. Let's cheer him on. Yours warmly, Steve Urkowitz, City College of New York, SURCC@CUNYVM
