My study now shared with the 'Train Set' - not in view! 'Already I can see you, shapeless as you are now, embodied in my dreams as the finest of all my works.' Olga Ernst (The Magic Shadow Show, p.18) Pam and Marnee suggested the exploring the idea of beginning chapters with quotes from Ernst's works that express precisely the chapter focus or lead into the argument. Quotes are useful to because another's language may be so succinct that by comparison, mine may be ineffective. These are my fav quotes about research: The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking. Christopher Morley (I am thinking... re-thinking...re-re-thinking...and thinking some more). I once asked a young dissertation writer whether her suddenly grayed hair was due to ill health or personal tragedy; she answered: “It was the footnotes”. Joanna Russ ( I think my hair is greyer despite minimal footnotes. However no one will know - hair dye is a wonderf
Imagining Australia in fairy tales: My PhD journey and beyond