HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE H02019 3/1/02 "MARCH 2002 ANNOUNCEMENTS" ============================================================ Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 13:43:41 -0600 From: Bill Morgan Subject: TTHA Poem of the Month for March Earlier today, I posted Hardy's "A Drizzling Easter Morning" as the TTHA Poem of the Month for February 2002. This month's discussion will be the third and last in a short series dedicated to Hardy's holiday poems. I invite your contributions to a month-long on-line conversation about one of Hardy's lesser-known lyrics. You can find the TTHA Poem of the Month Discussion by following the links from the main TTHA page at http://www.yale.edu/hardysoc/Welcome/welcomet.htm or by going directly to http://webboard.ilstu.edu/~TTHA_POTM_DISCUSSIONS Whichever route you take, when you arrive at the Poem of the Month site, you will encounter a program called WebBoard, which will give you the opportunity to read the poem as well as any comments it may have generated, compose a response, preview your response, edit it further if you wish, and then post it by using the button labeled Post the Message. If you are composing an intricate or long response, you may want to prepare your message in a word processing program, then copy it to your clipboard before pasting it into the message area of WebBoard. And if you prefer, feel free to send me your contribution as an e-mail, and I will post it for you: wwmorgan@ilstu.edu. At the present time, this month's discussion and those for January ("A New Year's Eve in War Time") and February ("The Oxen") are the only ones available at the site. I intend, however, to reconstruct the earlier discussions of poems with female narrators ("The Dark-Eyed Gentleman," "She At His Funeral," "Her Confession," "Tess's Lament," "The Pine-Planters," "The Pink Frock," "The Beauty," "I Rose and Went to Rou'tor Town," "An Upbraiding," "The Chapel-Organist," "A Sunday-Morning Tragedy," and "A Trampwoman's Tragedy") as well as those concerning Hardy's memorial poems ("The Last Signal," "Rome: At the Pyramid of Cestius near the Graves of Shelley and Keats," "Shelley's Skylark," "At a House in Hampstead," "At Lulworth Cove a Century Back," and "To Shakespeare After Three Hundred Years") and post them at the site until such time as they are edited and published in either *The Hardy Review* or in one of TTHA's Occasional Papers. The discussions for February, 1998 through November 1999 have been "closed" and their contents edited and published in *The Hardy Review* [I:1 (July 1998) and 2:1 (Summer 1999)]. Likewise, the conversations from 1999 about the "Emma" poems have been published as the second of the TTHA Occasional Series. And those concerning "Channel Firing," "Satires of Circumstance in 15 Glimpses," "After the Visit," "To Meet, or Otherwise," and "A Singer Asleep" have been published in *The Hardy Review*, III (Summer 2000). All of these publications are available and may be ordered using an on-line form available at the main TTHA page (see the URL above). The discussions of "Nature's Questioning," "The Mother Mourns," "The Subalterns," "The Lacking Sense," "In a Wood," "To Outer Nature," "June Leaves and Autumn," "Wagtail and Baby," "On a Midsummer Eve," "Afterwards," "Shut Out That Moon," "The Last Chrysanthemum," "The Year's Awakening," and "The Night of the Dance" are currently being edited and will be published shortly in *The Hardy Review*, IV. Welcome to the March 2002 TTHA Poem of the Month Discussion. cheers, Bill Morgan ========== Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:45:58 -0800 From: Betty Cortus Subject: SPAM Sorry about the recent SPAM message dear members. Advertising is not allowed on the Forum, but this is one of the risks we take in having an open Forum. I will attempt to see that this is not repeated. Betty Cortus ========== Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 16:56:35 -0500 From: Rosemarie Morgan Subject: Re:The Hardy Review, Volume IV, 2001 Greetings All: The 4th volume in the *Hardy Review* (2001) series is now out and complimentary copies have been distributed to TTHA members. This latest TTHA volume brings into print publication approximately 60 contributors to FORUM and POTM debates, each engaged in online conversations on topics as various as Hardy's beliefs, the movies based on his works, and the "Nature" poems. This innovative section of the book is followed by an account, by Bob Schweik, of TTHA's *Checklist* bibliography (TTHA - Members' Page) and Hardy-related doings on the internet (TTHA - Links); a collation of the Gibson and Hynes editions of Hardy's poetry, meticulously compiled by Martin Ray; and essays on *Two on a Tower* by Andrew Radford and on *The Return of the Native* by Charles Lowe. And now, a favour? would recipients of the 2001 *Hardy Review* please hand the book order form (accompanying their complimentary copy) to their college librarian? TTHA is keen to gain a wider readership for its publications and would appreciate your combined efforts in accelerating this enterprise. Finally, grateful thanks go to Helen and Jim Gibson for providing robins and wagtails (illustrations), to Dave Sands for images of Hardy-related locales, to Roy Buckle for his moons, to Bill Morgan and Betty Cortus for their indefatigable work on TTHA's POTM and FORUM respectively, to TTHA's Editorial Board for reading submissions, and to Martin Ray for his scrupulous proof-reading of the entire book. All and any observations and/or suggestions for improvement will be eagerly received. Thank you all for your thoughtful, erudite and often patiently forebearing contributions to TTHA's POTM and FORUM without which *The Hardy Review* wouldn't be the lively work of scholarship it has come to be. Appreciatively, Rosemarie Morgan *Hardy Review* editor. ========== From: "JULIAN WHIPPLE1" Subject: Re: SPAM Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:53:40 -0500 Dear Betty, Thanks for your vigilance on our behalf. You must be very keen to have let so very few such SPAM's through! Most lists have far more. ========== Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:19:13 -0500 From: Rosemarie Morgan Subject: Re: Hardy Portrait Apologies-- this message went out prematurely. Here is the "mature" version. TTHA members will by now have received their annual complimentary copy of *The Hardy Review* (Volume IV, 2001) with enclosures. Regarding the "enclosed" flyer featuring the Reginald Grenville Eves portrait of Hardy, please do contact Catherine Chome-Wilson and not myself. She would be glad to help inquirers with any questions. With every good wish, Rosemarie Morgan ========== Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:47:58 -0800 From: Betty Cortus Subject: HARDY REVIEW VOL. IV Status: As Rosemarie Morgan announced recently the Thomas Hardy Association annual publication THE HARDY REVIEW is now available for purchase. The order form can be found at: http://www.yale.edu/hardysoc/Welcome/welcomet.htm This is, coincidentally, a good place to start for those not yet familiar with all the good things the TTHA web-site has to offer. For more direct access to the order form go to: http://www.yale.edu/hardysoc/OrderForms/review.html Among the many excellent articles in the HARDY REVIEW, one which should appeal to members who have been following the current topic thread on biblical allusion in Hardy's work, is the debate on "Hardy's Beliefs." It is possibly the most thought-provoking and profound examination of this much broader subject to date. Betty Cortus ========== Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:18:40 -0800 From: Betty Cortus Subject: Re: SPAM Once again the spammers are on the attack dear members. I have written to the offending advertiser to remove HARDY-L from its address list. This may be futile, but one can only try. Apologies for the distraction. Betty Cortus ========== Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:47:55 -0500 (EST) From: SpamCop Authorization System Subject: SpamCop authorization Someone (probably you) has requested that SpamCop email you an authorization key. You may use this key to send spam reports via SpamCop. Never post this publicly or share it with others. If you do, anyone who sees it will be able to impersonate you and send email via SpamCop as if they were you. If your key is compromised or you want to discard it, you can request a new one any time to erase the original one. PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THIS SERVICE! SpamCop is free. However, if you like the service please pay for it. You can do this now or later. 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If you do, you can complete the process manually by visiting this page: http://spamcop.net/manual_auth.shtml And entering your authorization code manually: iJnnxDHo8EiGhZJy If you have questions or problems, please visit: http://spamcop.net/help.shtml Thanks for helping rid the internet of spam! ========== Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:01:04 -0800 From: Betty and/or John Cortus Subject: Spamcop e-mail Dear HARDY-L subscribers. You probably received a few minutes ago the message from Spamcop to the list. This is our latest attempt to clear the spam from our HARDY-L subscriber list. At this time, please do not contact Spamcop yourself (even though this is possible) and allow us to handle it on behalf of the list and its subscribers. Thank you. John and Betty Cortus. ========== Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 17:51:55 -0500 From: Thomas Law <114603.13@compuserve.com> Subject: 'TESS' at the Landor Theatre. Sender: Thomas Law <114603.13@compuserve.com> To: All addresses on his address list Dear all, Please excuse a circular letter. On Thursday a production of TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES that I have been directing for a drama school in South London opened, very successfully, at the Landor Theatre (2 minutes from Clapham North tube). It continues the next 3 weeks until 6 April, playing Tuesdays to Saturdays excepting Good Friday. It runs 2hrs 35mins including interval and the tickets (I'm afraid) cast £9 (£7 concs). I have greatly enjoyed myself during the longest rehearsal period I have had in years and the cast have been dedicated and professional. I would be very glad if you were able to come and see it. It is a drama school production which meant I was casting from a very small pool and there are limitations of budget but all this notwithstanding I am happy and proud of the result. I am still moved by the story and what the cast are managing to get out of it and feedback has been that I am not alone. I attach a miniature flier. If you would like some copies of it to put on strategic notice boards email or phone me and I will send you some in the post. Hope to see you there. Do let me know if/when you plan to come. I handed it over formally to the cast tonight by absenting myself from the felicity of seeing it again. But I shall see it at least once a week during its run. At present there is a bit of posse getting together to go on Thursday 28th. It is only a 40 seater venue so with any luck booking might even become adviseable.. Do let friends and associates who are Hardy afficionadoes know. We want real punters/critics there - not just friends. Duncan Attachment converted: Emma:flier scan.JPG (JPEG/JVWR) (00019202) ========== Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:21:21 -0800 From: Betty Cortus Subject: WARNING! DON'T OPEN ATTACHMENTt Dear Members, Do not open the attachment which came to the list with the message from Thomas Law (sorry Thomas). It contains the message Flier Scan Corrupt. Some time back I cautioned members about sending e-attahments to the list. At times, with the best of intentions on the part of the sender, they contain viruses. Furthermore, please don't fill up everybody's mailboxes with the names of all the people on your address list. One more thing while I am on my soap-box, let me remind you all once again that when you reply to a message it is considered very poor "netiquette" to include the whole message you are responding to if it is extremely long. Sometimes replies come with a whole string of past messages attached. Unless you are responding to a very brief message, just excerpt the specific passages in the message you are responding to, and your fellow Hardyans will thank you. Having delivered my mini-lecture, let me congratulate you, Thomas on your production of TESS. I'm sure we all wish you well for a successful run of the play. Betty Cortus ==========