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    Hi Billy! Welcome! I just finished my PhD a couple summers ago so I know how busy one can get when working on a thesis. It sounds like you've got a fascinating topic.

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    Welcome from me, too, Billy. Glad you found us. This is a wonderful place to associate with other Eagles lovers!
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    Quote Originally Posted by sodascouts View Post
    Hi Billy! Welcome! I just finished my PhD a couple summers ago so I know how busy one can get when working on a thesis. It sounds like you've got a fascinating topic.
    If you don't mind me asking, what was your PhD in? Thanks again to all of you who have welcomed me in. I love the Eagles and they are one of many bands that are consistently in my all time favorites. I look forward to getting to know you all much better.
    And to Mike A., I am happy to possibly be the first mandolinist, although I'm still learning the finer details about playing the instrument. Banjo is next on my list

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    My PhD is in Early Modern / Renaissance Literature, with a specialization in gender studies. My dissertation was entitled "Constancy and Punishment: Gender and the Virtue of Constancy in Early Modern Prose Romance."

    I theorized that constancy is a fundamental element of the power relationships between men and women in the Renaissance. While women were expected to be constant, males were given more leeway in this arena. A man who is constant to one woman gives her a degree of power over his sexuality, which goes against the idea that a male must own the woman's sexuality in order to fulfill his gender role. Still, there was the unavoidable fact that adultery is a sin. A writer interested in portraying virtue must elevate constancy in both the male and female; however, the idea of the power this gives a woman creates an underlying ambivalence about male constancy that peeks through in the works. I proved my point using Sidney's Arcadia and Weamy's Continuation as well as Wroth's Urania.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sodascouts View Post
    My PhD is in Early Modern / Renaissance Literature, with a specialization in gender studies. My dissertation was entitled "Constancy and Punishment: Gender and the Virtue of Constancy in Early Modern Prose Romance."

    I theorized that constancy is a fundamental element of the power relationships between men and women in the Renaissance. While women were expected to be constant, males were given more leeway in this arena. A man who is constant to one woman gives her a degree of power over his sexuality, which goes against the idea that a male must own the woman's sexuality in order to fulfill his gender role. Still, there was the unavoidable fact that adultery is a sin. A writer interested in portraying virtue must elevate constancy in both the male and female; however, the idea of the power this gives a woman creates an underlying ambivalence about male constancy that peeks through in the works. I proved my point using Sidney's Arcadia and Weamy's Continuation as well as Wroth's Urania.
    Wow, impressive. Now I feel like I should have expounded more on what is going on in my thesis...maybe I simplified too much LOL. My biggest problem right now with explaining the project, and writing it, is the self-editing. There is so much I want to put in, but time and page limits dictate that not everything gets said. I will be done in June, and off to who knows where right now. The schools I applied to are all very interested in what I am doing though, so hopefully I canget it all in at the dissertation stage.

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    It's hard to explain what you're doing briefly. When I was working on my diss, I once got asked to explain what it was about "in a nutshell." After several minutes, I found that I still hadn't really explained it adequately, so I had to wrap it up rather lamely before I lost everyone in the room. Ever since then, I've worked to keep my diss summary tidy and short! Self-editing is difficult. Do you get much feedback from your adviser?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sodascouts View Post
    It's hard to explain what you're doing briefly. When I was working on my diss, I once got asked to explain what it was about "in a nutshell." After several minutes, I found that I still hadn't really explained it adequately, so I had to wrap it up rather lamely before I lost everyone in the room. Ever since then, I've worked to keep my diss summary tidy and short! Self-editing is difficult. Do you get much feedback from your adviser?
    Not much right now. With budget cuts we lost 4 faculty members in one year, so my adviser also advises everyone doing US History. His specialty is 19th C. & Native Americans, so he lets me wander off on my own. But, I also got my BA here, so he is familiar with my work and trusts me to be able to handle it. Which, while nice, it also leads to times when I feel like I'm running into a brickwall.

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    Glad to have you here, Billy. Welcome!!!
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    Welcome from one musician to another!
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    Welcome to The Border, Billy! Glad to have you here!


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