This paper was delivered at the Celebration of Summer Research at the College of William and Mary on September 27, 2008. Even Newer Facts and Theories about the Parnassus Plays Hello. My name is Christopher Adams, and I am a fifth-year senior here at the College. I took last year off to study abroad in […]

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I now move on to the main part of my research experience, which has consumed the past three years of my life. Beginning my sophomore year, I began working with a play entitled The Return from Parnassus (I often refer to it in its original form—The Returne from Pernassus, or just Returne). Two other students […]

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After my freshman year I had $1000 at my disposal compliments of Monroe. Having shown an interest in bibliography, Professor Hailey suggested I attend Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. I had little idea before I went what I was getting myself into. I was signed up for a class […]

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My textual history is a complicated affair. I arrived at William and Mary fresh from high school—ready to face college and do something. I knew fairly early on that I wanted to be an English major, so I began asking my freshman adviser—the estimable Adam Potkay—what English major types actually do. I was very concerned […]

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My textual history is a complicated affair. I arrived at William and Mary fresh from high school—ready to face college and do something. I knew fairly early on that I wanted to be an English major, so I began asking my freshman adviser—the estimable Adam Potkay—what English major types actually do. I was very concerned […]

My textual history is a complicated affair. I arrived at William and Mary fresh from high school—ready to face college and do something. I knew fairly early on that I wanted to be an English major, so I began asking my freshman adviser—the estimable Adam Potkay—what English major types actually do. I was very concerned […]

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My textual history is a complicated affair. I arrived at William and Mary fresh from high school—ready to face college and do something. I knew fairly early on that I wanted to be an English major, so I began asking my freshman adviser—the estimable Adam Potkay—what English major types actually do. I was very concerned […]