{"id":5166,"date":"2025-05-03T13:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T17:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/?page_id=5166"},"modified":"2025-05-03T13:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T17:57:39","slug":"reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"All Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d68cec8b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0aa01211 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/book-reviews\/\">Book Reviews<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/conference-and-workshop-reports\/\">Conference and Workshop Reports<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/exhibition-reviews\/\">Exhibition Reviews<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/e-resource-reviews\/\">E-Resource Reviews<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0449963f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><nav class=\"wp-block-query-pagination is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-query-pagination-is-layout-4dea2dca wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\n\n<a href=\"\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5166?query-83-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next\">Next Page<span class='wp-block-query-pagination-next-arrow is-arrow-arrow' aria-hidden='true'>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n<ul class=\"columns-4 alignfull wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-5466a532 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6989 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-authorship tag-illustration tag-material-culture tag-north-america\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/david-faflik-the-literary-gift-in-early-america\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Faflik.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Faflik. The Literary Gift in Early America.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/david-faflik-the-literary-gift-in-early-america\/\" target=\"_self\" >David Faflik. <em>The Literary Gift in Early America.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/david-faflik-the-literary-gift-in-early-america\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-17T03:09:40-04:00\">August 17, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Cecile M. Jagodzinski<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Faflik&#8217;s book examines the gift book as a carrier of exchange\u2014between giver and receiver, publisher and author, and author and reader\u2014in the form of five reception histories. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6988 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-east-asia tag-media-studies tag-poetry\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/andrew-campana-expanding-verse-japanese-poetry-at-the-edge-of-media\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Expanding-Verse.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Andrew Campana. Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/andrew-campana-expanding-verse-japanese-poetry-at-the-edge-of-media\/\" target=\"_self\" >Andrew Campana. <em>Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/andrew-campana-expanding-verse-japanese-poetry-at-the-edge-of-media\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-17T03:09:35-04:00\">August 17, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Andrew T. Kamei-Dyche<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In &#8220;Expanding Verse,&#8221; Andrew Campana takes us on a tour through modern Japanese poetry operating at the extreme margins of media. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6982 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-book-borrowing tag-mudies-select-library tag-readership\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/karen-wade-mudies-select-library-and-the-shelf-life-of-the-nineteenth-century-novel\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wade.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Karen Wade. Mudie\u2019s Select Library and the Shelf Life of the Nineteenth-Century Novel.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/karen-wade-mudies-select-library-and-the-shelf-life-of-the-nineteenth-century-novel\/\" target=\"_self\" >Karen Wade. <em>Mudie\u2019s Select Library and the Shelf Life of the Nineteenth-Century Novel.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-12 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-13 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/karen-wade-mudies-select-library-and-the-shelf-life-of-the-nineteenth-century-novel\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-17T03:09:29-04:00\">August 17, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">David Finkelstein<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-15 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This small but perfectly formed paperback delves into the nineteenth-century role of Mudie\u2019s Select Library in shaping British Victorian literary culture. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6978 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-iconography tag-reception tag-romanticism\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/evanghelia-stead-goethes-faust-i-outlined-moritz-retzschs-prints-in-circulation\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stead.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Evanghelia Stead. Goethe\u2019s Faust I Outlined: Moritz Retzsch\u2019s Prints in Circulation.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-16 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/evanghelia-stead-goethes-faust-i-outlined-moritz-retzschs-prints-in-circulation\/\" target=\"_self\" >Evanghelia Stead. <em>Goethe\u2019s<\/em> Faust I <em>Outlined: Moritz Retzsch\u2019s Prints in Circulation.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-17 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-18 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/evanghelia-stead-goethes-faust-i-outlined-moritz-retzschs-prints-in-circulation\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-17T03:09:20-04:00\">August 17, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-19 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">James Wald<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-20 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Stead\u2019s book stands as the definitive treatment of its topic and blazes new methodological and interpretive paths in interdisciplinary publishing history, iconography, and reception studies. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6971 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-19th-century tag-disability-studies tag-reading-readership\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/vanessa-warne-by-touch-alone-blindness-and-reading-in-nineteenth-century-culture\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warne.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vanessa Warne. By Touch Alone: Blindness and Reading in Nineteenth-Century Culture.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-21 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/vanessa-warne-by-touch-alone-blindness-and-reading-in-nineteenth-century-culture\/\" target=\"_self\" >Vanessa Warne. <em>By Touch Alone: Blindness and Reading in Nineteenth-Century Culture.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-22 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-23 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/vanessa-warne-by-touch-alone-blindness-and-reading-in-nineteenth-century-culture\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-17T03:09:09-04:00\">August 17, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-24 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Ellen Forget<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-25 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This volume explores blindness and culture in the nineteenth century predominantly in English-speaking contexts through the reading and writing habits of blind authors and literary characters. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6959 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-colour-printing tag-early-modern-europe tag-printing-techniques\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/margaret-morgan-grasselli-and-elizabeth-savage-eds-printing-colour-1700-1830-histories-techniques-functions-and-receptions\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Grasselli-Savage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Margaret Morgan Grasselli and Elizabeth Savage, eds. Printing Colour 1700-1830: Histories, Techniques, Functions, and Receptions.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-26 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/margaret-morgan-grasselli-and-elizabeth-savage-eds-printing-colour-1700-1830-histories-techniques-functions-and-receptions\/\" target=\"_self\" >Margaret Morgan Grasselli and Elizabeth Savage, eds. <em>Printing Colour 1700-1830: Histories, Techniques, Functions, and Receptions.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-27 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-28 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/08\/17\/margaret-morgan-grasselli-and-elizabeth-savage-eds-printing-colour-1700-1830-histories-techniques-functions-and-receptions\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-17T01:00:00-04:00\">August 17, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-29 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Trude Dijkstra<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-30 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A substantial and carefully assembled volume that brings together a wide range of current research, whose generous illustrations and clear technical descriptions make it a useful reference work as well&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6838 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-india tag-middlebrow tag-reading-publics\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/05\/18\/aakriti-mandhwani-everyday-reading-middlebrow-magazines-and-book-publishing-in-post-independence-india\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Everyday-Reading-Cover.avif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aakriti Mandhwani. Everyday Reading: Middlebrow Magazines and Book Publishing in Post-Independence India.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-31 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/05\/18\/aakriti-mandhwani-everyday-reading-middlebrow-magazines-and-book-publishing-in-post-independence-india\/\" target=\"_self\" >Aakriti Mandhwani. <em>Everyday Reading: Middlebrow Magazines and Book Publishing in Post-Independence India.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-32 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-33 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/05\/18\/aakriti-mandhwani-everyday-reading-middlebrow-magazines-and-book-publishing-in-post-independence-india\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-18T17:01:00-04:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-34 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Elizabeth le Roux<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-35 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In this engaging and well-researched book, Aakriti Mandhwani uses the commercial publishing sphere to understand and reimagine the middle classes of 1950s and 1960s India. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6802 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-review category-reviews tag-book-history tag-digital-humanities tag-poetry\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/05\/18\/meredith-martin-poetrys-data-digital-humanities-and-the-history-of-prosody\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1838\" height=\"2775\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Poetrys-Data-Cover.avif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Meredith Martin. Poetry\u2019s Data: Digital Humanities and the History of Prosody.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-36 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/05\/18\/meredith-martin-poetrys-data-digital-humanities-and-the-history-of-prosody\/\" target=\"_self\" >Meredith Martin. <em>Poetry\u2019s Data: Digital Humanities and the History of Prosody.<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-37 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-38 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2026\/05\/18\/meredith-martin-poetrys-data-digital-humanities-and-the-history-of-prosody\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-18T16:43:00-04:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-39 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Laura DeLuca<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-40 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/book-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book review<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Martin&#8217;s book illuminates the often invisible digital infrastructures that influence our understanding of poetry and its data. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-query-pagination is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-query-pagination-is-layout-4dea2dca wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\n\n<a href=\"\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5166?query-83-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next\">Next Page<span class='wp-block-query-pagination-next-arrow is-arrow-arrow' aria-hidden='true'>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/main>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5186,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5166\/revisions\/5186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}