To update you on my suggestion for an early modernists’ Carnival, there is going to be at least one issue of this. And I’ve set up a central homepage in the hope that there will also be more in the future. I’ve given it the working title Carnivalesque (but am also considering such things as Feast of Fools or Abbey of Misrule. Any suggestions?)
The first issue will contain blog articles from July and August ‘04, and should be up at EMN within the next week.
Early modern bloggers, this is the final call to send me links (ie, permalinks) to one or two examples of your recent work that you’d most like to see included. If you don’t, I shall choose what I’ve enjoyed. If you’ve read anything in obscure or not obviously early modernist blogs that I might have missed, send a link to that too.
I want contributions that are ‘about’ the early modern period (defined broadly; I’ll certainly consider anything that covers 1450-1850) in some way; or about studying and researching it (whether from the pov of historians, philosophers, literary scholars, or any other discipline) - both in terms of methodology or personal experiences; or perhaps about the relevance of early modern issues to current affairs. Book and web reviews are definitely welcomed. All I will say is that this is a showcase of writing, so even if they are link-rich, they should primarily consist of the blogger’s own words and thoughts. They don’t have to be very long though.
Please send suggestions to skh AT aber DOT ac DOT uk (not to comments here, please; the contents should be a surprise!), preferably by the end of Wednesday 1 September.
And finally, I would like a volunteer to host a second issue, in either a month’s or two months’ time…
Update: that deadline can be regarded as fairly flexible; I’m not likely to get this done before the weekend…
2 comments on “Carnivalesque”
Interesting… One of my 2 dissertation advisors was Terry Castle, who’s done a lot of work on the Carnivalesque.
I’ve never read her book (but I’ve not read that much of the specialist literature on the subject, it should be said, and not since I was an undergrad anyway). I’ll keep an eye out for it.