The PD Gazette - call for comments
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The PD Gazette will be a snapshot of public domain literature and history, presented as a series of snapshots of period literature accompanied by the occasional article that puts said literature in context. The first book
So far, the supplementary materials discussed for this run of the PD Gazette include:
- poetry of 1844 (Poe, Eliz. Barrett, Blake, etc)
- short stories of 1844 (Poe, etc.)
- possible popular song lyrics (Swing Low Sweet Chariot was first published this year. Huh.)
- 1844 literary reviews of Musketeers, if available
- historical background for 1844 (original article, written by us)
- historical background for time of Musketeers (original article, written by us or granted with permission)
- possibly original artwork/pictures of Dumas, etc.
My plan is for us to pull together all the materials we would need for the entire Musketeer run and put together the first issue as a .pdf. If we haven't made ourselves crazy, we'll then go start talking to people like Stanford and Killdevil Hill and Project Gutenberg, etc. We'll actually make the entire run of the book, then post it online (no print version) at set intervals, so that all the hard work is done up front.
And if we're not nuts by the end of it, we'll talk about the next book, since we can both think of dozens that we want to do. There is a possibility of theme issues too, where we break the historical link and instead do a short run where everything is tied by theme. (A goth set based around Northanger Abby is irresistable to me.)
I'm slightly staggered by how enthusiastic other folks are for this - not only Menikoff, but someone to whom I mentioned it in passing who practically begged to give us unlimited server space for hosting it.
All of this winds up to being a lengthy preamble to a question I've already asked - what, oh ye teachers, librarians, and lit buffs, ought to be added?