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| In [[historiography|historical scholarship]], a '''secondary source''' is a work of history written as a [[synthesis|synthetic]] account, usually based on [[primary source]]s and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical [[monograph]]s published today are secondary sources. Ideal secondary sources are usually characterized as both reporting events in the past as well as performing the function of [[generalization]], analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of the events. An example of a secondary source is a history text book used in schools. | In [[historiography|historical scholarship]], a '''secondary source''' is a work of history written as a [[synthesis|synthetic]] account, usually based on [[primary source]]s and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical [[monograph]]s published today are secondary sources. Ideal secondary sources are usually characterized as both reporting events in the past as well as performing the function of [[generalization]], analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of the events. An example of a secondary source is a history text book used in schools. | ||
| - | == In praise of secondary literature == | ||
| - | About a year ago I started to ask myself: "What would I rather do tonight, watch a film or read about films?" And unless there was a really worthwhile film to see, I always preferred to read about films. The same goes for literature, most of the time I would rather read about novels than read the novels themselves. Reading books can be very time consuming. A good solution is to see the movie based on the novel (I have recently seen [[Claude Chabrol]]'s rather literal interpretation of ''[[Madam Bovary]]'' featuring [[Isabelle Huppert]]). An even better solution is to read about the novels through secondary sources. I have the secondary literature of people such as [[Colin Wilson]], [[John Carey]], [[Richard Davenport]] and [[Mario Praz]] in mind. | ||
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| - | Richard Davenport-Hines wrote ''Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin'' (1999), an excellent introduction to the gothic novel and the gothic sensibility in general. | ||
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| - | [[Colin Wilson]] has written at least two books on literature: ''[[The Outsider]]'' (1956) which tackles the issue of [[outsiderism]] in literature and ''[[The Misfits: A Study of Sexual Outsiders]]'' (1988), which tells the story of sexual outsiderism in literature and philosophy. | ||
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| - | John Carey has written ''[[The Intellectuals and the Masses]]'' (1992), which I read in 2006 and in my opinion, this is the best introduction to [[modernist literature]] around. | ||
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| - | Mario Praz compiled an excellent introduction to Romantic literature with ''[[Romantic Agony]]'' (1930). | ||
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| - | In literary theory, the primary source is the novel or poem itself; the secondary source is literature about novels or poems. Most of these secondary sources contain citations and quotes from the primary sources. | ||
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| - | In film theory, the secondary source is literature about films. And although there are some excellent books around on films, one cannot (as is possible in secondary sources on literature) include excerpts of films in a book. Basically what we are waiting for are [[DVD]]-anthologies that include excerpts and scenes of films, combined with textbooks or voice-over comments. | ||
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| - | Some very good examples are already on the market. One can think of ''[[A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies]]'' (1995), although I haven't seen it. Other examples I have seen and were among the better viewing experiences of last year include ''[[Baadasssss Cinema - A Bold Look at 70's Blaxploitation Films]]'' (2002) about 1970s [[blaxploitation]] films, ''[[Easy Riders, Raging Bulls]]'' (2003) about New Hollywood, ''[[Inside Deep Throat]]'' (2005) about the making of ''[[Deep Throat]]'' (1972) including extensive background information on the mores of the times. | ||
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| - | So on my whish list for 2007 are more secondary source material in books and DVDs. [May 2006] | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| - | + | *[[Source text]] | |
| - | [[Paratext]]{{GFDL}} | + | *[[Primary source]] |
| + | *[[Tertiary source]] | ||
| + | *[[In praise of secondary literature]] | ||
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In historical scholarship, a secondary source is a work of history written as a synthetic account, usually based on primary sources and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical monographs published today are secondary sources. Ideal secondary sources are usually characterized as both reporting events in the past as well as performing the function of generalization, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of the events. An example of a secondary source is a history text book used in schools.
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