s-m-r-t part 2

Oh yay, procedural essay done, or only in need of having a few internal contradictions resolved (aren't we all), some infelicitous phrases revised, 150 words pruned and a ton of references tracked down. Then there's MLA formatting (described by one of my lecturers as "a complex and difficult pleasure, like eating blue cheese"), and trying to give the impression that I've read more than one critic, and choosing a title that isn't an incredibly clichéd and inapt Shakespeare quotation. But mostly it's done. I've spoken to one Ph.D student who says the guy who's going to be marking it is ruthlessly honest and will make me cry, and one who says he's quite nice, so I think it's in the hands of fate.