Stuff on Research

Our final paper is research based, and is a doozy of a length at 8-10 pages. Not to worry though, as an English major I am used to this and it is going to be absolutely no problem. I was given some suggestions in class last week to narrow down my pretty broad spectrum paper choice of "death" in regards to Emily Dickinson. I have decided to go with one of my suggestions and pick a single fascicle (27) and focus on her discussion of death inside the limits of that fascicle. I think this makes sense because if I was left with just "death" it would probably be possible for me to fill thirty pages with that content. I realized later that people have written entire books on that idea, so maybe i was biting off more than I could chew. I have picked some research materials (Lunacy of Light, Trying to Think with Emily Dickinson, Dickinson's Misery, and the concordance to Emily Dickinson's poetry) to use in the writing of my paper, and I plan on bringing them to class to get opinions from my class mates about their use. I started to read this books yesterday, and I think I have some good ideas for talking about death coming out of Lunacy, and Misery. I am going to continue reading and hope to be starting the writing of my paper by the end of the week. Keeping you posted.