Oh, There Were Some Papers Too
My apologies for the lack of updates. It turns out that conferences, or at least those of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, are as much fun as they are work, possibly more. Among other things, I discussed the annoyance of having to be available at all times through modern technique with the author of the book I originally learnt how to do stylistics from, I learnt how to do very basic Irish céilí dancing while the author of a book I really enjoyed (as part of my research for my MA) was playing the guitar and another delegate the fiddle, with yet another few big names in stylistics dancing alongside me. What I’m trying to say is - it was surreal and an absolute joy.
I never expected to come away from this conference feeling smarter, given that all the greats would be attending. I didn’t expect it to be such an open, inviting and ego-free group. It was like a school camp, only more fun and stimulating. Lots of photos were taken, though not by me. I’m not sure how they will be distributed, or when, but should any pop up I might post them up here as well.
I slept 17 hours “last night” (I use the term loosely) and I’m still not quite back to normal, but I will try to update regularly again from now on. I don’t have anything fancy coming up until I move home, so I should be OK there.