Teaching Resources

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Syllabi & Bibliographies | Lectures & Multimedia | Other Resources

 Syllabi and Bibliographies

The following syllabi and bibliographies are offered here as suggested approaches to graduate and undergraduate coursework.

The Tanselle Syllabi
     G. Thomas Tanselle. Rare Book School. University of Virginia
    Introduction to Bibliography and Introduction to Scholarly Editing
    Syllabi can be downloaded from the site.
History of the Book
    Kate Martinson. Luther College
History of the Book (pdf)
    Bertrum MacDonald. Dalhousie University
History of the Book, 1450 to the Present
    Joel Silver. Indiana University
Topics in the History of Books and Printing, 1400-1800
     Ryan and Traister. University of Pennsylvania
History of Books and Printing, 1800-1950
    Daniel Traister. University of Pennsylvania. Undergraduate syllabus
History of the Book
    Jonathan Rose. Drew University
History of the Book in France, from the Ancien Regime to the Present
    Willa Silverman. Penn State University (in French)

The History of the Book and Its Forms
    Deborah McGrady. Tulane University (in French)
Sources for Teaching Bibliography
    Drawn from SHARP-L suggestions
Survey of Publishing, Text to Hypertext
     James C. Morrison. Harvard University
Technology of the Book
     D. F. Felluga. Purdue University
Technologies of the Word
     Robert M. Fowler. Baldwin-Wallace College

The Culture of the Book
     Nancy Mace. U.S. Naval Academy
Medieval Orality & Literacy
     Gadi Algazi, Tel Aviv
Knowledge, Literacy, and the Politics of Information in Early Modern England
     Sabrina Baron. University of Maryland
Street Ballads
     Michael Hancher. University of Minnesota
Victorian Studies: Illustrated Periodicals
     Michael Hancher. University of Minnesota

American Literary Circles: The Atlantic Monthly Circle
     Sherry J. Linkon. Youngstown State University
American Literary Genres: The Bestseller
     Sherry J. Linkon. Youngstown State University
Popular Fictions: Bestsellers from the Greeks to Grisham
     Ryan and Traister. University of Pennsylvania
Bestsellers in America, 1790 to the Present
     Paul Gutjahr. Indiana University
Print, Literacy: Power in America to 1900
     Mary Kay Duggan. University of California-Berkeley
The Profession of Authorship in 19th-Century America
     Sherry J. Linkon. Youngstown State University

 Lectures and Multimedia Resources

The Atlas of Early Printing
    University of Iowa Libraries
Image Matching on Printed Images in Bodleian Collections. Podcast.
     Description and links here.
    Dr. Giles Bergel, University of Oxford
Lectures, Rare Book School 2012
    University of Virginia Rare Book School
Technology of the Book Web Ring
     D. F. Felluga. Purdue University

 Other Teaching Resources

Biases of the Ear and Eye
    Daniel Chandler
Book History Timetable
     Cremers/Knops
Concise History of the British Newspaper
     British Library
Graphics Atlas
     Image Permanence Institute. Online print identification tools
InScribe: Paleography Learning Materials
     University of London, School of Advanced Study/Institute of Historical Research
    Free Course
The King's Printer Project
    Politics, Power and the Printed Word in the Reign of James I
Making Books, Shaping Readers
     University College, Cork
Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: The Printing Press in a Changing World
     Jones and Mukerji, UCSD
The World of the Renaissance Print Shop
     Merry Wiesner-Hanks, U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee