User:Cgrisham/sandbox

Proposed Edits: La Morte Amoureuse:

• Add a picture of some sort (preferably a manuscript picture or original written copy picture) to the upper-right-hand side of the page above the information box.[agree]
• Flesh out the opening paragraph of the wiki page by giving more history of the work if possible and expanding on La Chronique de Paris (potentially by creating a separate wiki page to link this to)[maybe there should be a section specifically for history, I think the Introduction should be as succinct as possible; people on wikipedia generally want quick and easy information]
• Add Romauld's housekeeper to the list of characters in the narrative.[ Is the housekeeper relevant enough of a character?]
• Add "orientalism" sources to discourage original research and back up already present claims.[agree]
• Under "significance," add a section devoted to "religion" in order to discuss the presentation of religion in Romauld's story.[what specifically would you add?]
• Remove first two sentences of "Orientalism" section and synthesize to remove original research and focus more on orientalism itself. Perhaps add those first two sentences to the opening of the article?[My opinion: I actually like the intro because it kind of contextualizes the Orientalism argument within the piece. Perhaps it could be worded differently to make the first two sentences seem more relevant to the rest of the section]
• Add a references section to improve inter-wiki and text citations in general.
• Add a "nightmare" section under "Orientalism"[What specifically would you add? Did you find anything in the source you reviewed?]

Five Potential Sources for La Morte Amoureuse:

1. Tudor, Lucia-Alexandra. "Children of the Night." Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity 1 (2015): 60-103. Central and Eastern European Online Library. Web. 14 Aug. 2016.
2. Epstein, Edna Selan. "THE ENTANGLEMENT OF SEXUALITY AND AESTHETICS IN GAUTIER AND MALLARMÉ." Nineteenth-Century French Studies 1, no. 1 (1972): 5-20. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23536000.
3. Smith, Horatio E. "The Brief-Narrative Art of Théophile Gautier." Modern Philology 14, no. 11 (1917): 647-64. http://www.jstor.org/stable/433087.
4. Marino, Virginia M. "The Devil's Discourse: The Meeting of Allegory and The Fantastic." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 8, no. 3 (31 (1997): 331-346.
5. Cornwell, Neil. "Nicholas Royle, The uncanny and Dorothea E. von Mücke, The Seduction of the Occult and the Rise of the Fantastic Tale." Comparative Critical Studies 11, no. 1 (2008).

Proposed Edits (Rough Draft):

• Add to characters: "Romauld's Housekeeper: an elderly woman and the former housekeeper to the recently deceased priest."
• Add to "Significance":
  • Nightmare: The nightmare is commonly referred to as a bad dream or, more literally, a black horse or other bestial creature that sits on the chest of men and women at night and suffocates them to cause fear and terror. The word succubus stems from the same Latin root. In La Morte Amoureuse, Romauld refers to the horse that carries him to Clarimonde's castle as a ghost of the famous horse "Nightmare." The nightmare presented in Gautier's text is also apparent in his constant references to his time with Clarimonde as dream-like. Romauld may not be dreaming of living in Clarimonde's world, but rather, Clarimonde may be inventing Romauld to satisfy her own desires. In this case, Romauld is the nightmare and not Clarimonde.
• Add reference section:
  • Start with: Lisa Downing. "Gendered Constructions of the Nightmare in French Nineteenth-Century Medical Writing and Fantastic Fiction." French Studies: A Quarterly Review 66, no. 3 (2012): 331-346. https://muse.jhu.edu/ (accessed August 19, 2016
• Petition to add new wiki page for "La Chronique de Paris" and link in the sidebar and the beginning of the article:
  • In 1835, Balzac[maybe write out "Honore de Balzac" and link it tot he other wiki page ] learned that the newspaper was for sale and bought it. Gustave Planche[write out "Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche" and link it] would be responsible for literary criticism. When Théophile Gautier was introduced to the project, Balzac found the young man endearing and appreciated his talent. Gautier promised to write articles for the paper and later published stories in the press.
  • The first publication of La Chronique de Paris occured on January 1st, 1836. Writers included: Victor Hugo, Gustave Planche, Alphonse Karr, and Théophile Gautier. Illustrations were done by Henri Monnier, Grandvile, and Daumier. Balzac retained power and continued to publish news alongside stories. Ultimately, Balzac wrote much of the content himself.[Cite this somehow]
  • The newspaper was a great success at first. However, Balzac quickly went bankrupt and was arrested by the National Guard. He was thrown in prison, and he decided to abandon the paper altogether.[cite or link it]

Nightmare: Nightmares are culturally significant. Dreams and nightmares were often analyzed scientifically based on what appeared to the dreamer; for instance, certain colors equated to specific emotional states. Nightmares were considered to be a consequence of demon intervention and, more rarely, a side-effect of a psychological disorder. The nightmare, more literally, refers to as a bad dream or a black horse that sits on the chest of men and women at night and suffocates them to cause fear or terror. The terms incubus and succubus share the same Latin root. The two terms were birthed from the word concubinus and the term concumbre (to lie alongside). In the text, Romauld refers to the horse that carries him to Clarimonde's castle as a ghost of the famous horse "Nightmare." The nightmare presented in Gautier's text relates to his time with Clarimonde as being dream-like. Nocturnal demons are associated with erotic dreams, and the time that Romauld shares with Clarimonde in his dream-space is certainly erotic. Roumald may not be dreaming of living in Clarimonde's world, but rather, Clarimonde may be inventing Romauld to satisfy her own desires. In this case, Romauld is the nightmare and not Clarimonde.