A Blogs@Baruch site
I’ve seen several students propose to cite works that do not meet the criteria for a scholarly source, so I’m posting a link to this excellent explanation of what sorts of articles and books will be good for you to research:
http://guides.library.cornell.edu/c.php?g=31867&p=201759
Consider meeting with a Baruch research librarian, and also using the Baruch library site, especially the databases, in your investigations. I’m also happy to evaluate anything you find!
For the next month we will be working with films and novels about Northern Ireland. Ulster University has a web resource that can be helpful in understanding the conflict since 1968.
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/index.html
I include a link here to a 1921 New York Times article about problems faced by users of horsehair brushes in the WWI era.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06E1D81439E133A2575AC0A9669D946095D6CF
The oral presentation schedule is now available under “assignments.” Please get in touch with your group members!
It may be helpful to you to have access to explanations of Joyce’s literary, cultural, and historical references. While google books offers only a preview, I link here to Don Gifford’s Joyce Annotated.
This 1988 song uses lines from Yeats’ poem “The Stolen Child” and traditional instruments to evoke a romantic mood akin to that sought by writers in the Celtic Revival.
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