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Unit 4

Sunday, 10 Nov 2024, 11:09
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Edited by Jane Williams, Sunday, 10 Nov 2024, 11:24

This is all about poetry, and just the first part reminded me just how much I enjoy it and how many of the classics I've read. I don't know the formal analysis methods (yet), but I've read it, written it, parodied it.

Today, Sunday, on to the second part (and more, pehaps)

Must try not to dive down too many rabbit holes. Yesterday's re-read of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Sir Patrik Spens was quite bad enough. 

And now I remember, let me look those up in the OU library. Yes, the Rime, several versions, and some analysis of it. One of the copies I could download has other poems in there as well, including Kubla Khan, and that's one I was trying to remember, too. In both cases a lot of my reaction is still "what was he on?"

One of the articles makes me wonder something similar. "This article reads Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" of 1798 as a visionary speculation on the ground-breaking technologies of its time-the steam engine and early experiments with steamboats.."


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TMA01 done

Sunday, 10 Nov 2024, 10:37
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Edited by Jane Williams, Sunday, 10 Nov 2024, 11:15

A little over word-count on part of it, but close.

Two references in there, mainly for the sake of seeing if I can do it. And yes, I  learnt a few things in the process.

OU library is wonderful. If I want a text, I should be looking there, not Google. Then I can just hit the "cite" button at the top, job done.

If I need help, OU library again. Email them, they'll have an answer, and point me to a page explaining it.

I've been trying to use Mendeley to create/organise references, but there's too much missing. If I have a PDF to upload, great. If I don't, it isn't really doing much. There's supposed to be an add-in to Chrome that will reference web pages, but it doesn't work.

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Finished intro section

Thursday, 10 Oct 2024, 17:07
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Edited by Jane Williams, Thursday, 10 Oct 2024, 17:45

Since it seems I'm spending tomorrow on a Day Out..

Notes in Word doc, but the takeaway is that this is going to be a lot of self-analysis, which is fine by me. And that planning each week in advance would be good. Not with the detailed chart they suggest, but a copy of the list of the parts of each section as I get to it, estimated time, and tie that to the days I have "free".

Further reading might be Jane Eyre. I think I'll make sure I have it on Kindle to read on the phone in the car. Tried to get it from the OU library, but it's a format that needs some fancy Adobe software, and authorization codes, and is only a loan, and...  Kindle, 75p


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"Activity 4"

Monday, 7 Oct 2024, 13:01
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Edited by Jane Williams, Thursday, 10 Oct 2024, 13:03

Now written up in much more detail, and with much diving down internet rabbit-holes.

I'll send it to my tutor, wtih a note that on reflection, I'm not sure how I feel about two of my main references being articles on the OU website. It seems like making the most of someone else having done the work for me.

Also, "references" - I gave up. No idea which things I should cite, and which not, never mind how.

Several "to do" bits from that, linked as "further reading" in each case, and one of them requiring a physical trip to a specialist London library.

ooh! Maybe not!

https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/access-archives-and-special-collections

Digital scans of archives and special collections items can be ordered for personal use. The service is free and aimed at researchers wishing to consult small amounts of material remotely. 

Each request will be considered on a case-by-case basis. We aim to produce scans, subject to condition approval and appropriate copyright restrictions, within ten working days.

Email needs to go to Library.enquiries@lse.ac.uk
Title Banners and banner-making
Author Lowndes, Mary.  Artists' Suffrage League. 
Publisher London : Artists' Suffrage League
Creation Date 1909
Series The Englishwoman ; Sep 1909 
Format 7p
Source Library Catalog
Identifier OCLC : (OCoLC)779064837
MMS ID 99141813410302021

Ask! (Or maybe ask the OU library to get it?) - asked OU.

They found me a link to a scanned copy! Individual JPGs, but that's easily fixed.... there, a PDF. A fascinating read, too.

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