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[rowanberries]

I essay.

La la la la.

Whee, fairy legend. Stop the womenfolk being outspoken! Wrah. Violence euphemisms, hot pokers, phallic bloody symbolism... Class troubles, patronising English! OSCAR WILDE AND PM GAY SO NO IRISH LAND BILL. What? Beating head against conflicting systems. Less than half done. Fuckit. Manslaughter? My arse it was manslaughter, but whatever. Hens. (Go cluck.) Sleepdep, yes. She said your MUM so... No paraffin and blame Dunne omg good plan. Yeesh.

<-- (The current state of my brain.)

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[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I'd actually be really interested in this. I love fairy-tale symbolism.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

All essay stress-induced craziness aside, it is an amazing course. The Murder of Bridget Cleary - second year history option, and the reason I filled out my choice form IMMEDIATELY and ran back to the office last term. Along with the Magic and Superstition in Europe one. Man.

There's a book on it that tells the whole story with interesting detail on the political, social and cultural background, going with the fairy-legend lore, it's wonderful. The Burning of Bridget Cleary, by Angela Bourke. There is a copy in the library, but someone's taken it out. I just bought mine from the uni bookshop because WANT.

*Bounces back to MS Word*

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I just remembered we're both at sussex!
Is this a third year course?
I enjoyed the 'Heretics, Witches and Jews' history course in first year.

This year all my electives are in Philosophy.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

We are! And no, second year. I really wanted to do that course last year, but my elective had to be something from a different course to mine. :(

Never done any philosophy, mind you, unless you cound the depth in which I went into attitudes to Darwinism in the first term. Is it any good?

[skygiants]

. . . that sounds uber-cool.

*has a weakness for fairy-tale symbolism essays, alack!*

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

It is a wonderful, wonderful course. And I adore my tutor in a silly girlish way for it.

But seriously wonderful. It's only for the Autumn term, but in spring and summer I get to do Magic and Superstition in Eary Modern Europe. Which... yes.

*glee!*

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

Early. Crap.