Welcome Back to Lardnermania! |
Students, Writing a Paper? | Table of Contents | What's New | Welcome Letter | Updated 30 January 2006 |
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Life:
A general overview of Lardner's life, career, and
influence.
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His Writing: A listing of Lardner's major
publications.
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Features: A number of articles and notes that
don't fit exactly in the other sections.
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Study Guide: A good starting point for the student
or researcher. Each bibliography is annotated.
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The Lardner Family Page: A tribute to the generations of
writing Lardners.
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Lardner Books For Sale: Several books by and about Ring, plus books by other Lardners--all of which can be purchased online. |
| Message to Students | If you are writing a paper on Ring
Lardner or his work you've come to the right place. Many
students from all levels of study (and from four
continents) have found assistance here. The first thing you should do is carefully and critically read whatever primary material is relevant to your paper. Read it more than once. Jot down your reactions. What interested you? What confused you? What would you like to know more about? Listing your ideas and questions before confronting the secondary sources often helps focus the research and can result in a paper that is truly interesting to you and your reader. When you are ready to see what others have said about your topic, to see where your ideas fit into the on-going conversation about Lardner, go to the Study Guide. It contains a fairly up-to-date and complete annotated listing of secondary sources, critical and biographical. When you find some promising titles, check your library for availability.
I can also answer questions (or attempt to do so) for you, of course. It may take me a week to respond, but I will respond. The more specific your question is, the better the answer will be. Asking what I think of "Haircut." for example, would be too general a question. I may get off on a tangent. I will help you in any way short of writing a paper for you or sending you a paper already written. Even if you don't have a question, I'd like to hear from you. Tell me about your project. Tell me how you became interested in Lardner. Send me a copy of your finished paper. The section of this site is the most valuable for students, but there is much more to Lardnermania. If you have time, please browse the rest. Good luck. Enjoy. Scott |
| WHAT'S NEW: | February, 2002 May 23, 1999 Here's a few more. The first is a collection of other Lardner-related web sites. The second is a partial listing of Lardner's musical output. Again, I apologize if you come across a dead link. May 22, 1999 I finally finished my web edition of Lardner's 1919 book Own Your Own Home. I will add an introduction to it later. I have divided the book into twelve sections, three for each of its four chapters. It all begins here: May 16, 1999 I've been adding bits and pieces for a while, but now it is time for some major additions and revisions. Some organizational changes will have to be made to the site within the next few weeks to streamline the information as much as possible. In the meantime, I'll just list the new pages as they get added. I apologize if you come across a dead link or two.
That's all for now. |
| Welcome Letter | Nearly six years ago I uploaded the first
version of "Scott's Lardnermania." (I include
my name in the title not out of vanity, but to
differentiate my Lardnermania from any others.)
I was enjoying Christmas break and a new computer--a
dangerous combination--when I decided to try my hand at
making a WEB page. According to the "Suggestions for
Creating a Homepage" I downloaded, I was supposed to
include a little about myself and family, and perhaps put
in information about my hobbies or interests. I started
with the "interests" and haven't gotten past
that yet. Over the last year I've made many friends and corresponded (although not always in the most timely fashion on my part) with many people interested in Lardner. I've been surprised and heartened by the response the page has received. As evidenced by the number of people who have written (several hundred), the variety of Lardner events and publications that people have brought to my attention, the interest of students who have requested information for papers they are writing, and the general warmth and enthusiasm of so many of the letters, Lardner is remembered, read, and appreciated. Nothing would make me happier than to contribute, in some small way, to that. Lardnermania is a work-in-progress, and I hope it will remain that way for as long as it exists. There is so much to do. I have tried to improve the appearance of the page and make it easier to use every time I update. I've also tried to add to the substance. As the bookshelves, boxes, and files in my house and office suggest, there is just so much substance. As always, if you have suggestions, corrections, or additions of your own, please send them to me. Thank you, Scott |