User:SpicyEggs/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Edward II (play)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Some of the claims in the article lack citations. There is one sentence that is not written neutrally. The equity gaps represented are appropriate. Most of the citations are reliable but there are some that are questionable.


 * Sources
 * Brodwin, Leonora Leet. “Edward II: Marlowe's Culminating Treatment of Love.” ELH, vol. 31, no. 2, 1964, pp. 139–155. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2872157. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.
 * Parks, Joan. “History, Tragedy, and Truth in Christopher Marlowe's ‘Edward II.’” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, vol. 39, no. 2, 1999, pp. 275–290. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1556166. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.
 * WILLIS, DEBORAH. “Marlowe Our Contemporary: ‘Edward II’ on Stage and Screen.” Criticism, vol. 40, no. 4, 1998, pp. 599–622. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23124318. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Christopher Marlowe


 * Article Evaluation
 * There are some claims that don't have citations. There is a lot of controversy and debate as evidenced in the "Talk" section about Christopher Marlowe's sexuality.


 * Sources
 * Orgel, Stephen. "Tobacco and Boys: How Queer Was Marlowe?" GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 6 no. 4, 2000, p. 555-576. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/12153.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Isabella Whitney - My selection for the assignment


 * Article Evaluation
 * Some sentences are not neutral. There are some claims that don't have citations. "Timeline of events" sections could use some restructuring and citations.


 * Sources
 * Wall, Wendy. “Isabella Whitney and the Female Legacy.” ELH, vol. 58, no. 1, 1991, pp. 35–62. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2873393. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.
 * Marquis, Paul A. “Oppositional Ideologies of Gender in Isabella Whitney's ‘Copy of a Letter.’” The Modern Language Review, vol. 90, no. 2, 1995, pp. 314–324. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3734542. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * The Tempest


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a wide variety of content and does a good job with citations. I looked at the "Talk" section and saw a To-Do list with topics that could be expanded in the article. I would be interested in working on expanding one of those topics.


 * Sources
 * Wile, I. S. (1938). Love at first sight as manifest in The Tempest. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 8(2), 341–356. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1938.tb05327.x
 * Gesner, Carol. “The Tempest as Pastoral Romance.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 4, 1959, pp. 531–539. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2867103. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.
 * Cantor, Paul A. “Shakespeare's The Tempest: The Wise Man as Hero.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, 1980, pp. 64–75. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2869370. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * William Shakespeare


 * Article Evaluation
 * A very-well researched and cited article. Maintains a neutral voice throughout. Would prove to be a difficult article to find stuff to improve on.


 * Sources