04 February 2011

Schedule for Feb 9

For next week (February 9) here is what we will be doing in class (email me with any questions):

1. Discussion of your biography selection

2.We will talk about historiographies and annotated bibliographies

3. Look at where biographers get their sources

4. Book Reviews--find some online

5. Read the following articles and be ready to discuss them in class. Also, reflect upon/analyze these articles (and the ANB bios) in your Journal. Send that Journal to me before class on Wednesday.

Chernow on writing (70 minutes, 1999)

Morris (70 minutes)

Schiff interview (15 minutes)

Isaacson interview (15 minutes)


"Original Letters of the Celebrated Mrs. Mary Robinson," Sharon Setzer
Philological Quarterly, Summer2009, Vol. 88 Issue 3, pp.305-335
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"Writing Women's Lives: One Historian's Perspective," Susan Ware
Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Winter2010, Vol. 40 Issue 3, pp.413-435
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"John F. Kennedy as a World Leader: A Perspective on the Literature," Burton Kaufman
Diplomatic History, summer 1993

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