Discussion of Course Themes ... Read More
HOMEWORK (in addition to readings): Create and Share Box.com Folder ... Read More
Howsam, Leslie. "The Study of Book History," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 1-13. [Link]
Roemer, Cornelia. "The Papyrus Roll in Egypt, Greece, and Rome," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 84-94. [Link]
Lecture 1 Slides ... Read More
Labor Day -- No Class ... Read More
Foster, Benjamin R., editor and translator. "Tablet VI," The Epic of Gilgamesh. New York, W.W. Norton and Company, 2001. 46-52. [Link]
Rampolla, Mary Lynn. "Introduction," A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. New York, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. 1-7. [Link]
Robson, Eleanor. "The Clay Tablet Book in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 67-83. [Link]
Edgren, J.S. "The Book Beyond the West: China," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 97-110. [Link]
Kornicki, Peter. "The Book Beyond the West: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 111-125. [Link]
Rampolla, Mary Lynn. "Working with Sources," A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. New York, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. 8-25. [Link]
Brown, Michelle P. "The Triumph of the Codex: The Manuscript Book Before 1100," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 179-193. [Link]
Guest Speaker: Jeanann Haas ... Read More
Clanchy, M.T. "Parchment and Paper: Manuscript Culture 1100-1500," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 194-206. [Link]
Lecture/Discussion 4 Slides ... Read More
Rampolla, Mary Lynn. "Approaching Typical Assignments in History," A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. New York, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. 26-51. [Link]
Stoicheff, Peter. "Materials and Meanings," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 73-89. [Link]
Quiz 2 ... Read More
Ezell, Margaret J.M. "Handwriting and the Book," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 90-106. [Link]
Suarez, Michael F., S.J. "Book History from Descriptive Bibliographies," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 199-218. [Link]
IN CLASS: Watch "The Machine that Made Us" ... Read More
Johns, Adrian. "The Coming of Print to Europe," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 107-124. [Link]
Special Collections Visit 1 ... Read More
Clegg, Cyndia Susan. "The Authority and Subversiveness of Print in Early-Modern Europe," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 125-142. [Link]
Milton, John. "Areopagitica," John Milton Complete Poems and Major Prose. New York, Odyssey Press, 1957 [1644]. 716-749. [Link]
Quiz 3 ... Read More
Rampolla, Mary Lynn. "Following Conventions of Writing in History," A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. New York, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. 52-83. [Link]
Workshopping of Research Questions ... Read More
Suggested but Not Required: Raven, James. "The Industrial Revolution of the Book," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 143-161. [Link]
Lecture/Discussion 5 Slides ... Read More
Fern, Fanny. "Introduction" and "Chapter 1--Chapter 28," Ruth Hall. New York, Penguin Classics, 1997. xv-xlv, 1-65. [Link]
REMINDER: Next class on Tuesday due to Mid-Semester Break ... Read More
Slides for Oct 10 ... Read More
Fern, Fanny. "Chapter 29--Chapter 65," Ruth Hall. New York, Penguin Classics, 1997. 66-171. [Link]
Quiz 4 ... Read More
Blake, William. "Songs of Innocence and Experience," A facsimile of a coloured and gilded copy of the first edition. Liverpool, British Library, 1923 [1789]. 1-50. [Link]
Suggested but Not Required: Benton, Megan L. "The Book as Art," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 493-507. [Link]
Special Collections Visit 2 ... Read More
Fern, Fanny. "Chapter 66--Chapter 90," Ruth Hall. New York, Penguin Classics, 1997. 172-272. [Link]
Rampolla, Mary Lynn. "Writing a Research Paper," A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. New York, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. 83-103. [Link]
Canceled: Weber, Ronald. "Writing for the Millions: Newspaper Syndicates Expand the Market," Hired Pens. Athens, Ohio UP, 1997. 133-151. [Link]
Workshopping of Introductions ... Read More
Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Scandal in Bohemia," The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. Secaucus, Castle, 1976. 11-25. [Link]
Quiz 5 ... Read More
Canceled: Smith, Erin A. "Pulp Sensations," The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2012. 141-158. [Link]
IN CLASS: Start watching Linotype: the Film ... Read More
Rampolla, Mary Lynn. "Plagiarism: What it is and How to Avoid It" and "Quoting and Documenting Sources," A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. New York, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. 104-119. [Link]
Canceled: Lovecraft, H.P. "Under the Pyramids [a.k.a Imprisoned with the Pharaohs]," Weird Tales. New York, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1924. 3-12. [Link]
IN CLASS: Finish watching Linotype: the Film ... Read More
Lecture/Discussion 7 Slides ... Read More
Eliot, Simon. "From Few and Expensive to Many and Cheap: The British Book Market, 1800-1890," A Companion to the History of the Book. Oxford, Blackwell, 2009. 291-302. [Link]
Special Collections Visit 3 ... Read More
McCleery, Alistair. "The Book in the Long Twentieth Century," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 162-180. [Link]
Canceled: Bode, Katherine. "Book History from the Archival Record," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 219-236. [Link]
Silver, Brenda. "Popular Fiction in the Digital Age," The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2012. 196-213. [Link]
Quiz 6 ... Read More
Bath, Jon, and Scott Schofield. "The Digital Book," The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book. Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2015. 181-195. [Link]
Thanksgiving Break--No Class ... Read More
Murray, Padmini Ray, and Claire Squires. "The Digital Publishing Communications Circuit," Book 2.0. Volume 3, Number 1, June, 2013. 3-23. [Link]
Slides for Murray and Squires ... Read More
Malloy, Judy. "Uncle Roger," Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. well.com, first published in UNIX, 1986 [web version 1995]. n.p. [Link]
Quiz 7 ... Read More