Your second essay is due Friday, October 30, and should be 7-8 pages (please!). You need not take up a comparative perspective. You must, however, include at least two supplementary sources, whether contextual, critical, or theoretical. One of these could be something we've already read in class (e.g., the essays by North or Clifford, Gauguin, etc.). For other materials you might start with our Working Bibliography, or you could use the MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography available through Acorn. Another possible source for supplementary materials is Richard Ellmann and Charles Fiedelson's The Modern Tradition, recently added to the Working Bibliography. All texts we've read through Women in Love are fair game, including the reading assigned by presenters. For instance, a paper on Noa Noa would be fine, so long as you then select two sources to supplement it. If you'd like to develop ideas you began to work on in your first essay, you may do so, so long as you don't simply rehash too much of what you've already done.

I've added a link to the Handouts Archive that takes you to a Writing Guidelines sheet  designed to give you my priorities as an evaluator of essays. It also contains advice that you might find useful in your other classes. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions about the requirements for this essay.

We'll kick around some topics in class, but of course the best place to start is to think about whatever you've found most compelling so far in our reading, class discussions, and Allaire. It seems to me that many interesting paper topics have been circulating in the computer forums. Let me know if you ever feel stuck.