tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post6849606918634609067..comments2023-10-12T11:37:47.156-04:00Comments on ABSURDIST PARADISE: Writing ReportEarnest Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-17896955551409443752010-01-20T12:22:20.751-05:002010-01-20T12:22:20.751-05:00Well, I certainly can't offer anything here, b...Well, I certainly can't offer anything here, because we all know my research on cashmere-lined driving gloves is completely at odds with your mitten theory (though my gloves may still fit into your theory...)<br /><br />More seriously, though, a couple of thoughts. I think there are two considerations: one is how your department evaluates scholarship, and whether a big book now and little else will be as valuable as a handful of constellated articles and a big book later (perhaps even after tenure).<br /><br />My place is the latter, and my approach has very much been to put articles out there as a strategy to whet the critical appetite for the longer project. But if you need the book in print, end of discussion, then forget this article.<br /><br />If there is a have-it-both ways path, could you craft the mittens article as (at the very least) suggestive of your grand fashion theory, and perhaps even as a more direct call for grand fashion theory as a new critical direction? In an ideal world, you might be able to even re-work your intro so that you begin with the example of mittens in the book as a lead-in to the larger theory. Then this article could be a twofer: both a pub by itself, and occasion to revisit the introduction of the book project as a way to jumpstart that writing process.Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-5827541255610343092010-01-20T10:06:57.688-05:002010-01-20T10:06:57.688-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-51377238281828675652010-01-20T01:02:38.938-05:002010-01-20T01:02:38.938-05:00Mittens, socks, Fashion Theory --- maybe I'm g...Mittens, socks, Fashion Theory --- maybe I'm going to have to scrap nosepicking and work on handkerchiefs. :) <br /><br />So, are you crocheting those mittens? heh heh ;)Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com