SHAKSPER

An Academic Discussion List

Authors

  • Hardy M. Cook Bowie State University

Abstract

Cluster: “Shakespeare Readings, Societies, and Forums.” Edited by Matt Kozusko, Christy Desmet, and Robert Sawyer. 

This essay discusses the moderator's experience of moderating and maintaining the SHAKSPER listserv since 1992. Since that time, the list's popularity has grown, and its membership has changed from a preponderance of academics to a equal mix of scholars and non-academics. As its membership became more diverse, SHAKSPER's topics and participation also changed. The remainder of the essay discusses the challenges of moderating this listserv in terms of its intellectual and social dynamics.

Author Biography

Hardy M. Cook, Bowie State University

Hardy M. Cook is a Professor of English and has authored a number of papers on subjects ranging from Shakespeare on television to the editing of electronic texts. He is co-editor, with Ian Lancashire, of Shakes-peares Sonnets and Louers Complaint, 1609 and editor of an electronic edition of Venus and Adonis, a part of the edition of Shakespeare's Poems he is preparing for the Internet Shakespeare Editions. For his work with SHAKSPER and his other scholarly activities, he received the University System of Maryland's Board of Regents Award for Excellence in Scholarship/Research/Creative Activities in April of 1999.

Issue Cover text: B&L, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2006. Image: 18th century actress in a shepherdess costume tips her hat.

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Published

2006-09-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2006): Fall/Winter

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