We will begin our exploration on Tottel’s Miscellany but understanding some basic historical and book history elements of this text. Your 500-word blog should be a critical (not just descriptive) commentary on the following elements:

1. What is the difference between Tottel’s Miscellany and The Devonshire Manuscript? Why might someone prefer, or need to study one over the other? What was the original audience for the Devonshire Manuscript? How does this audience compare to the potential readers of Tottel’s Miscellany? Consider the introduction of our book and Tottel’s own “To the Reder” (unmarked page 4 on our book) in order to answer this.
2. What is the Social Edition of the Devonshire Manuscript? What is its purpose? As a user, what was your experience navigating through it? What was interesting about it? What was difficult about it? Provide specific examples.
3. Pick one poem that struck you the most and explain
   1. what you understood from it
   2. whether the actual theme/story of the poem is (or is not) reflected by the title given by Tottel

Pick one poem from the printed collection and compare it to its corresponding page on the Social Edition site (requires finding the first line of the sonnet under the heading “The Devonshire Manuscript, British Library, Add. MS 17492” on the main page. If you don’t see the list of poems, click on the title to expand). Discuss some of the differences and similarities between the two (you can talk about spelling, title, location in the text, etc).  (no need to answer this)

Due to Spring Break scheduling, blogs are due by midnight on Tuesday, April 18. Deadline extended to April 19. Comments are due by 5pm Thursday, April 20.