Faith D. Acker

Renaissance scholar, manuscript lover, & lifelong student of classical Latin. Currently researching epitaphs on servants & tradesmen in early modern poetry.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

Today is publication day for my monograph, /First Readers of Shakespeare's Sonnets/. It's rich in manuscript studies & I tried hard to make it conversational. The preface, intro, & c1 seem to be available on Google Books (US) if anyone is interested: https://t.co/4GMl3gLtL8

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

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[Dr Leah Veronese 💗💜💙 @LeahVeronese]

Leaving Twitter with a bang! Very excited to announce that my article about a new manuscript copy of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 I have identified has been published online open access: https://t.co/wEI9M8qZA4 @OUPAcademic

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

Now for our latest books give-away, the biggest for a while. 26 books on Latin & Greek literature, language & culture printed over the last 200 years (pics below). Draw open to all: just RT this message, follow us, and we will pick a random winner on Friday 22 Nov. Good luck all!

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@Crosbie1564 My pleasure! Sonnets are so fun to teach.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@Crosbie1564 Harryette Mullen's "Dim Lady" is great for discussion.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@Crosbie1564 Make them read some of the sonnets in the 1640 John Benson edition and discuss the titles!

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@Crosbie1564 https://t.co/iQZD01AfXe

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@aliciaandrz At my last school, I had to pay (albeit less than you) to park on campus. When my spouse joined the gym as just a local they offered him a parking voucher that let him park in any space on campus. Insult to injury: the "community" gym fee was lower than the faculty gym rate.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@seeshespeak Loeb classics on one wall and SF paperbacks on the other would fit splendidly, I reckon.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@wanderlanderr @britishlibrary @BL_EcclesInst Amazing! Congratulations!

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

I'm so grateful to have known Dr Peter Beal as a grad student. He was generous & encouraging to me as a novice scholar, & much of my research relies on his groundbreaking, methodical research & detailed explanations & classifications. He will live on in our work for generations.

[Grace Ioppolo, FSA @ProfShakespeare]

My very beloved husband, Dr Peter Beal, died peacefully in May after several years of Alzheimer’s disease. He was a Fellow of the @BritishAcademy_, gave the 1995/6 Lyell Lectures @bodleianlibs and for 25 years was the English Manuscripts Expert @Sothebys.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@aliciaandrz I know you love your breasts in part because they nurtured your daughter. Can you love the increasing curves on the rest of your body because they are nurturing your return to sobriety and wholeness? Your body is creating a new Alicia. It's ok if it changes in the process.

[Tamsin Rosewell @autumnrosewell]

MAURICE SENDAK AND WILLIAM BLAKE

May 8th, online 7.30pm (free).

I've teamed up with Prof. Jason Whittaker for @Blake_Society to do an online event about the influence of William Blake on the life and work of Maurice Sendak.

Find our more and register: https://t.co/xJsgyFzpWe

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@torcheculs There's some great work on the dialogue in R&J as sonnets. Can't remember the article but will look and see if I can find it.

Also, West Side Story.

[MEMS Festival @MEMS_Festival]

Medievalists and Early Modernists Rejoice! MEMS Fest 2024 Call for Papers is Now Open. For further queries please contact us at [email protected] or visit our website at https://t.co/mADwDepIh3 🎉

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@philistella How's a walrus going to reach the doorbell? Fairies can fly.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@_claire_turner_ Mine's Routledge, & I'm happy to share. But as someone who didn't know a lot about the process then, I wish I'd realized how expensive Routledge books are (& how inaccessible that would make it), & that because it's not a UP, I'd pay some crazy permission fees & never break even.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@aliciaandrz We can always make our writing better--but done is better than "still in revision", & if I'm getting your stage of the process correct, I think you'll have another chance for tweaks later anyway. Send it out into the world! It will be the better for its exposure.

[Faith D. Acker @DoctaLectrix]

@MiyamotoBen I'm so, so grateful to @FolgerLibrary not just for acquiring (& allowing visits to see) such an interesting manuscript, but for bringing me & @MiyamotoBen together as friends & eventual collaborators. Here B. celebrates (w/ cake) our @FolgerResearch fellowships (2019-20 cohort)!