Reade Archive Visit – Wolf Thoughts

Editorial Note: I actually prepared the following write-up during the archive visit, and never found time to post it.  I have chosen not to edit it, instead electing to leave my thoughts as they were at the time. A surprising

Miriam’s thoughts re: Reade visit

The Reade notecards weren’t exactly what I expected. After our discussions and readings about his thorough methods, about how he wanted the notecards to serve as proof or evidence that what he had written was based in fact, I was

Thoughts on Reade Visit

Here, in no particular order, are my thoughts on last week’s visit to the Charles Reade Collection at Princeton: My biggest surprise at encountering the Charles Reade’s notecards was how personalized and novel-centric they were. By that, I mean that

Alison’s Preparation for the Charles Reade Archive Visit

The Dismembered Novel: The Generic Violence of Reade’s Hard Cash Notecards. Or, following in the sensational vein, I imagine the novel as a body and the notecards as its organs. Hard Cash represents in its characters the bodily and psychological

Reade Research Interests

In discussing notes, I had earlier dismissed any ownership I felt over my records of our class sessions.  That is still the case.  However, reading about Reade’s note-taking and compilation processes have started me into a recognition of his habits

Reade Research Interest

I am interested in looking at the factual backing to some of Reade’s most outlandish and melodramatic section. This would entail looking at notecards related to both the pirate incident, and the accounts of sane people being locked into asylums.

Reade Research Interests

Dear Rachel and Seminar, I hope you all had lovely breaks, full of rest and the love affairs of the Dodds and Hardies! I think I actually started thinking in Reade’s writing style after a few days… The parts of