glad you found someone, but in any case this IS the place to ask those kind
of questions, as if we don't know, someone here will know someone who does
: )
cheers
dave e
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Waldron" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Lovecraft and Robert E Howard thesis
examination
> Hi peoples,
> This may be unorthodox but I am really badly needing a second examiner for
> a students honour's thesis.
> The this is called "Antediluvian Visions: Civilization and Barbarism in
> the worlds of Robert E Howard and H.P Lovecraft". Essentially the thesis
> looks at the configuration of race, civilization and progress etc in the
> author's works, compares and contrasts them and links them into the
> colonial discourse of turn of pre war US. There is a big focus on the
> influence of discourses regarding US indigines and immigration as
> manifested in pulp fiction of the period. gets into the influence of
> Frazer etc on representations of magic and civilization as well etc
>
> Anyway all the people I've chased up are busy, on leave, not into Robert E
> Howard, not confident with the historical side etc and I am getting rather
> desperate for a second examiner for it.
>
> In anycase, if any of you would be up to mark this, have completed a
> post-grad degree (or just about to) and feel confident with the subject
> matter could you please contact me. I would rather a local Australian
> based academic (re: logistics of sending overseas for an honours) but i am
> really not fussed at this point.
>
> I could mark it myself but the student is also a close friend of mine
> outside of class and I would rather he have a more distanced objective
> marker. Anyway I am running out of time for it, especially with this
> students hopes to apply for a PhD next year, so any people willing (or
> even if you can suggest another name to chase up) would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks heaps
> David
>
>
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