The Tweetable Doctorate

[steepholm]

A Facebook friend has taken this widely-shared post in which science PhDs were invited to give "dumbed-down" versions of their PhD theses, and suggested that humanities people might try something similar. A good idea, and I thought people here might enjoy it too. Here's mine:

"Sometimes Spenser makes his ideas act like people, sometimes he makes his people act like ideas. It's not always easy to tell the difference."

Feel free to add yours in the comments.

Comments

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

I mostly call mine 'sex and violence,' but my Facebook friend who posted the same thing asked if it might be 'Welsh men in poetry of the middle ages have lots of power and sexual potency because beards.'

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Sounds plausible...

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Totally, right? That's really only a part of a chapter, but given she's a friend from high school who hasn't actually read any of my work I think it's inspired. ;)