I think this is a dup - please forgive.
I don't know of a Bacon list. If anyone does, please tell me.
If not, is Bacon appropriate here? Maybe a subdivision?
Harvey Wheeler
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From: Consuelo Concepcion <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: future of Spenser and Sidney lists
>Let the merger begin.
>--- David Lee Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I'd vote initially for the third option. The
>> Spenser list has been open
>> all along to discussion of a pretty wide range of
>> authors and
>> topics. Asking all two-hundred odd subscribers to
>> switch lists again (for
>> the second time in the last year or so) seems
>> needlessly complicated.
>>
>> D
>>
>>
>> At 11:41 AM 1/6/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>> >Dear Sidneians and Spenserians,
>> >
>> >The Sidney-L list, dedicated to the study of Sir
>> Philip Sidney and things
>> >Sidneian, has been without a manager since the
>> death of Jerry Rubio. It has
>> >received very few mailings in this period, and
>> clearly cannot go on in its
>> >present form. Because of the changes taking place
>> in UK Higher Education
>> >mailing list facilities, it has not been possible
>> for us to replace it with
>> >a new list until now. Also, given that many of its
>> members were/are also on
>> >the Spenser list, it has seemed simplest to let it
>> remain inactive over the
>> >past year.
>> >
>> >Because Spenser and Sidney studies are so closely
>> related, many of those on
>> >one list have tended to be on the other. It might
>> be fruitful, in reopening
>> >Sidney discussion, to amalgamate the two lists
>> rather than develop another
>> >separate resource. We are therefore writing to
>> Sidney and Spenser
>> >list-members to request your opinions on how things
>> should go from here. We
>> >suggest the following options:
>> >
>> >* Found a new list at JISCmail dedicated to Sidney
>> studies (leaving the
>> >Spenser List intact)
>> >
>> >* Amalgamate the two lists under a new name and
>> address (e.g.
>> >[log in to unmask])
>> >
>> >* Close the Sidney list and invite Sidneians to
>> make more of the Spenser list
>> >
>> >
>> >We would also be interested in having your opinions
>> regarding the need for
>> >a new, more general list available to any scholar
>> working in English
>> >Renaissance literary studies (roughly Skelton to
>> Milton). This is a need we
>> >feel only very vaguely, if at all, and possible
>> parameters are wide
>> >open--all reactions and suggestions will be
>> welcome.
>> >
>> >It might be best if replies were sent to Andrew
>> privately
>> >([log in to unmask]), and not to everyone; we will
>> summarize and tabulate
>> >these responses and report back on them to the
>> lists. Although opinion is
>> >unlikely to be unanimous, it will be very helpful
>> to have a sense of the
>> >general preferences, and we therefore urge you to
>> take a few seconds to
>> >offer even a short response.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Andrew Zurcher, Spenser List Manager
>> >Gavin Alexander, for the Sidney Society
>>
>> David Lee Miller
>>
>> Department of English
>> University of Kentucky
>> Lexington, KY 40506-0027
>>
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