The semester has come to a close, and I’m winding up all the remaining work on my project. I’ve updated the bibliography page to reflect changes in my reading as the semester progressed. I’ve been working for the last two weeks on a final, culminating paper, and I will post that on a separate page as soon as I’m satisfied with all my revisions. I had meant to write a post after watching Shakespeare in Love, but never managed to get what I wanted to say in print; I actually found it rather difficult to stay focused on Stoppard rather than wandering off onto Shakespearean tangents. I may finish that post, but most likely I will leave that film untouched and just end with R&G are Dead. I have one or two other tasks to take care of, just to tie up loose ends, but otherwise, I’ve pretty much come to the end of my study.
Working individually in a study of this type has been phenomenal, because it allowed me so much freedom to pursue my own interests. I wouldn’t have undertaken this project if I weren’t already a Stoppard fan, but over the course of the semester, I’ve come to respect his talent and genius far more than I did previously, and I’ve begun to appreciate just how unusual and rare an author he is. There’s no way to express my respect and enjoyment of Stoppard’s writing without sounding trite. All I can say is that he has come to be one of my favorite and most esteemed authors, and I look forward to my next encounter with his work.
Special thanks to Colleen Kennedy of the William and Mary English Department for all of her help while serving as my advisor for this study.
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