Essay 2. How valuable is Robert Graves as a source and as a historian? Choose an event, person, or subject that features in Good-bye to All That and compare its treatment there with its treatment in The Times (London), using at least seven references from each (different dates for the latter). You should be able to focus on a a single year of articles and leading articles from The Times. Compare and contrast how the two describe the phenomenon as well as how they evaluate it. Account for differences, or similarities. Provide two references from secondary sources (such as DNB or the textbook) for context. (Paper due April 22, 7+pp., typed, double-spaced)
To discover what the Times writes about these subjects use the Index to the Times. Each volume of the Index covers a four-month period and is divided into two indices. Note that some creative researching is required. Also, we are interested in unearthing reasons why Graves and the Times write what they do. To discover what the Times thinks about the subjects, you might look at the editorials, indexed as "leading articles."
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PRE-PAPER ASSIGNMENT 1 (due April 13): Look up microfilm the Times for your birthday in 1916, 1917, 1918, or 1919. Photocopy one "leading article" (British term for an editorial) for that date (note date and page #). And type one paragraph summarizing what editorial is about, and where The Times stands.
PRE-PAPER ASSIGNMENT 2 (due April 15): One sentence on subject of comparison of your essay (without using verb "to be" in any form), and five references (date and page no.) to The Times.