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Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 2, No. 281. Thursday, 31 Oct 1991. Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 12:03:42 -0500 From: Steven Mullaney <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subject: NEH Summer Seminar (1992) Call For Applications: Professor Steven Mullaney will be directing a six-week NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers from July 6 to August 14, 1992 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For fuller information and application materials, please WRITE to the address below. Application materials are not yet available but will be mailed as soon as received from NEH. The topic and description follow; please circulate to any interested parties. Inventing the New World: Texts, Contexts, Approaches The European encounter with the Americas is not a simple story of discovery, conquest, and colonization. Once discovered or "invented" in the original sense of the word, the New World had to be invented in the modern sense as well, made over and cast into terms that rendered it accessible to and capable of European imagination. Sometimes accurately, oftentimes not, blending rigorous and fairly objective observation with their own myths, fears, and anxieties, sixteenth-century accounts of New World voyages played an integral role in this complex process of cultural accommodation, refashioning the New World in pictorial representation and narrative form to produce a diverse, rich, and ambivalent body of colonial discourse. This seminar will explore selected Spanish, French, and English New World accounts, ranging from Columbus to Walter Ralegh, Cortez to Martin Frobisher, Jean de Lery in Brazil to John Smith in Virginia. Throughout, we will be interested not only in the ethnographic details of native lives and customs conveyed to us--in sorting out accurate renditions from distortions, misperceptions, and fabrications--but also in what motivates, explains, or is explained by the dynamics of European perception and misperception: in an ethnography, that is to say, of the colonizer as well as the colonized. To this end, we will be exploring and drawing upon recent, socio-historical trends in literary studies, anthropology, and cultural history in order to develop our own "thickly" contextualized cultural interpretations of sixteenth-century colonial representation. The seminar welcomes applications from historians, anthropologists, art historians, and teachers and scholars in the areas of literary and cultural studies. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars are intended primarily for individuals teaching undergraduate courses, full- or part-time, at two- and four year colleges and universities. Individuals who are not college teachers but who are qualified to carry out the work of the seminar are also eligible to apply. Participants receive a stipend of $3,200 to cover travel expenses, books, and living expenses. Applications must be received by March 2, 1992. For further information and application forms, please contact: Professor Steven Mullaney, Director C/O E. Karen Clark Department of English Language and Literature University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 2, No. 280. Thursday, 31 Oct 1991. Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 09:29:00 -0500 From: Ann Miller <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subject: Multimedia _Hamlet_ SHAKSPEReans, I recently attended a CD-ROM conference in Washington, D.C. and encountered a product which IBM will be issuing which I think will be of some interest, especially given the ongoing interest in e-text of Shakespeare. The new series is called Illuminated Books and Manuscripts (TM) an attempt to create multimedia learning tools for a personal workstation (IBM of course). The keynote address of the conference was used to introduce it (very slick). One of the first "books" available is _Hamlet_. What the multimedia approach does is allow video, text and audio to be combined into one experience. Many of you may already be using this level of technology but for me, with my monochrome Hercules orange screen and plodding 20 MB IBM clone, it was eye-popping! Using a mouse the operator can focus on various "tools" to help interpretation. These are: Define, Context, Interpret, Method, and Link, though it looks as though there may be some unique ones for each book. These in turn bring up video of the time period, scholars discussing interpretation of specific parts of text, the text itself, interpretation over time and a bibliography. The video chosen for _Hamlet_ is the Olivier film (in the brochure it looks colorized) which leads me to question just what they're going to do with all that missing text! I was unable to actually look at the program operating. The example used in the keynote address was Tennyson's "Ulysses" and "Letter from a Brimingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. IBM had a booth in the exhibition hall but had hardware problems and this system wasn't up. We needed to get out of D.C. before rush hour so I couldn't wait. It might be something which shows up at a CD show in your area. I wasn't quite sure when it was officially going to be on the market but I'll bet IBM would tell you about it if you asked. I'll reproduce the blurb from the brouchure I have plus the hardware requirements. This is where I have the most questions. Who can afford this?? Apparently the goal is to make these programs personal resources but the hardware requirements seem to require institutional investments. I can see purchasing them for my library but not for me. I never got a price quote (perhaps its not firm yet) though one of the computer folks I went with mentioned $1600 per program. Unsubstantiated rumour that. The upshot is that I would still be interested in pursuing public domain e-text of Shakespeare. I'm willing to type and learn about all these markup programs and protocols which I've never heard of. (The recent discussion has been fascinating, but cryptic.) Most students and scholars can't afford these kind of texts from the commercial realm. If I could have them ftp into a site from my library and download texts it would be ideal. It would introduce students to the idea of looking at texts electronically, help my professors save money and my library space (and money!). BROCHURE NOTES: TAKE A LOOK AT SHAKESPEARE'S CLASSIC PLAY People tend to learn more and remember more when they are active participants in the learning process. With the Illuminated Books and Manuscripts, you become involved and engrossed in the process of exploration and discovery. Participate in a production of Hamlet to study society of that time or to improve your speaking skills. Review scenes performed by actors to *See* and *Hear* the gestures, the accents, and the emotions. The Illuminated Books and Manuscripts lets you examine the *Link* of psychology and human existence to the tragedy of Hamlet's revenge. Master the *Tools of the Writer* that Shakespeare and others used to produce such dramatic effects. Have learners try those techniques on their own pieces and *Analyze* one of the other literary works provided with the Illuminated Books and Manuscripts. Learners can research the work on their own, then attach definitions and contextual meanings, record their opinions, get other people's *Opinions*. *Explore* the theme of the work, write an essay about it, and connect it to the work to create a new addition to the Illuminated Books and Manuscripts! _Hamlet, Prince of Denmark_ is one of Shakespeare's best known tragedies. It illustrates the reasons why he is considered one of the world's greatest poets and plywrights. Uncover the roots of the play, how it was originally performed by the French in a different version than what we are familiar. (sic) Take a look at the actual play itself -- the main characters, the events, the places. You can read a quick description of them and of the entire play or maybe only about a particular scene, without searching through the whole work. Or better yet, see that scene performed for a clearer understanding of the emotions being described. Was Hamlet a hero ... for committing murder as revenge upon his father's killer? Was he really insane? Or was he just pretending? How many different versions of _Hamlet_ are available? Are they all written in Elizabethan verse so thou has to seek interpretation? Grasp the Shakespearean language by immediately requesting definitions of Elizabethan terms. See and hear how Shakespeare provides vivid, dramatic descriptions to paint a picture of the characters. Apply those techniques to your own writings and create your own writing styles. Explore the major themes presented in _Hamlet_: tragedy, psychology, human existence. Examine psychological identities, relationships, and the intensity of the tragedies of revenge. HARDWARE: The Illuminated Books and Manuscripts is recommended for use with the IBM Personal System/2 Model M57 SLC with 6 MB of memory and an 80 MB hard disk drive. The following components are also required: --IBM VGA Monitor or Large Screen Computer DIsplay --IBM PS/2 Mouse --IBM SCSI Internal CD-ROM Drive --Pioneer LD-V8000 LaserDisc Player --M-Audio Capture/Playback Adapter Card --Matrox Illuminator-16/Micro Channel Video Card Ann Miller Carrier Library James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Bitnet: fac_amil@jmuvax Internet:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 2, No. 279. Thursday, 31 Oct 1991. (1) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 00:15:37 -0500 From:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Liam R. E. Quin) Subj: Re: SHK 2.0277 Public Domain Projects (2) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 11:03:36 -0500 From: Keith Braithwaite <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subj: RE: SHK 2.0277 Public Domain Projects (3) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 09:29:00 -0500 From: Ann Miller <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subj: [Public Domain Texts] (1)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 00:15:37 -0500 From:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Liam R. E. Quin) Subject: 2.0277 Public Domain Projects Comment: Re: SHK 2.0277 Public Domain Projects I'd still be interested in PD shakespeare -- commercial outfits can't really use the Oxford Text Archives... e.g. an SGML Macbeth would be good for sale demonstrations here, I suspect... I have the Yale facsimile, & could do a certain amount of typing. Lee --This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Liam Quin The barefoot programmer (2)----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 11:03:36 -0500 From: Keith Braithwaite <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subject: 2.0277 Public Domain Projects Comment: RE: SHK 2.0277 Public Domain Projects Hello Ken et al... I've been watching [reading 8-)...] all the postings and although I haven't had time to join in the discussion, I would like to express an interest i) in joining in the "bulk buy" of the Oxford Archive texts, and ii) in helping the typing/scanning work you're putting together. Being lazy [in some respects, not others...] I prefer to be *told* what to do in these instances - then I just get on with it. My whole life otherwise is spent organising other people, so I never have time to organise myself. Within obvious limits, just say "do this" and I'll get on with it. I have a slight problem for the archive texts - I don't know yet under which hat I want them - how soon do you need to know? [Ed. note: the Oxford Text Archive special offer was made to members of SHAKSPER, and details are contained in the file SPECIAL OFFER SHAKSPER on the Fileserver in the OTA area. The offer is a "bulk buy" in the sense that multiple texts are available in a single package, but I did not mean to imply that they will be purchased as a group -- the file contains an order form which each member must mail to Oxford, signed, with appropriate payment (bank draft or cheque in pounds sterling or US dollars). -- k.s.] My own colleagues have shown total disdain [and fear] of electronic Shakespeare, "another of Braithwaite's madcap computer schemes..." but I also have the job of running the major electronic teaching resources centre [part of the CRDP - Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, which includes much more than computer stuff of course] in Montpellier (that's Montpellier with two LL's about 100 miles north of Perpignan where I teach at the Univ. In my part of the centre, where the *centre* of attraction is the pedagogical use of Email, I hope to set up an electronic SHAKSPER corner (strange twitching images of the Bard spring to my fevered mind) where I hope to recruit future subscribers to SHAKSPER - potential contributors to mass archive constitution groups - and all the other benefits of your institution... [Ed. note: Sorry to interrupt again, but I thought it important to mention that there are some official SHAKSPER handouts, which can be customized for particular purposes, which I could make available for such displays. Anyone planning to promote SHAKSPER just has to drop me a line. -- k.s.] I will have the necessary funding for machines, modem or other links etc at the end of the year. I'll keep you posted. Regards Keith Keith Braithwaite | Email: BRAITH@FRPERP51 I.U.F.M (Technologies Nouvelles) | University of Perpignan | ENGLISH@FRPERP51 Avenue Dr Alexis Carrel | 66860 PERPIGNAN | France | FAX: 68 66 20 19 (3)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 09:29:00 -0500 From: Ann Miller <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subject: [Public Domain Texts] [Ed. Note: I have reproduced this paragraph from Ann Miller's note on the IBM Multimedia Hamlet, which appears as a separate digest today, because it is relevant to this discussion as well. -- k.s.] The upshot is that I would still be interested in pursuing public domain e-text of Shakespeare. I'm willing to type and learn about all these markup programs and protocols which I've never heard of. (The recent discussion has been fascinating, but cryptic.) Most students and scholars can't afford these kind of texts from the commercial realm. If I could have them ftp into a site from my library and download texts it would be ideal. It would introduce students to the idea of looking at texts electronically, help my professors save money and my library space (and money!).
Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 2, No. 278. Wednesday, 30 Oct 1991. Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1991 17:37:28 -0500 From: Ronald Dwelle <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subject: Agronomics: "long purples" My University's garden club is undertaking a Shakespearean Garden, hoping to grow a variety of plants and flowers mentioned in the plays. Can anyone direct me to practical information--such as current sources for seeds and bulbs of the less common flora?
Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 2, No. 277. Wednesday, 30 Oct 1991. From: Ken Steele <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Subject: Public Domain Projects Date: Wed, 30 Oct 91 17:48:59 EST Dear Fellow SHAKSPEReans; So far, more than a dozen of us have ordered the Oxford Text Archive versions of the Shakespeare quarto and folio texts, thanks to Lou Burnard's timely and generous package deal. (Others have indicated an intention to place their orders soon.) Obviously, this fact will have some bearing on our recent discussion of a possible cooperative public domain project (the most active discussion yet held on SHAKSPER, I might add). The question begs to be put, so I put it: How many remain interested in keyboarding, scanning, editing, or collating original electronic texts to be placed in the public domain? Would you be more interested in preparing texts of a modern edition, the original quartos and folios, Shakespearean sources, or Shakespearean contemporaries? Or does everyone now have affordable access to everything they wanted? Our time and effort might best be spent on texts which are not yet available through the Archive: derivative Folios, for example, or dramatic documents like *Sir Thomas More*, or some of the sources in Geoffrey Bullough's *Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare* (not from that edition, which is copyrighted, but from originals perhaps). Elizabethan poetry or drama might also be of general interest and usefulness. I invite comments and suggestions from interested members. In the meantime, I continue to assemble available texts in the Public Domain Texts area of the SHAKSPER Fileserver. Thus far, special thanks are due to Tom Horton and Hardy Cook, for their PD texts of the Cornmarket *Comedy of Errors*, *Henry VIII*, and the *Sonnets*. Any members with other PD texts which might be of interest to SHAKSPEReans, or who are aware of PD texts elsewhere which might be added to this area, please let me know. Yours, Ken Steele University of Toronto