BKS 1002 2015 Golick BKS1002H: BOOK HISTORY IN PRACTICE
Time: Mondays, 2 to 5 p.m.
Location: Colin Friesen Room, Massey College
Instructor: Dr. Greta Golick
Email: greta.golick@utoronto.ca or gretagolick@gmail.com
Response time: Within 24 hours
Phone/Text: 416 720 5656
Office: Bissell 646, Faculty of Information
Office hours: by appointment
OVERVIEW1
The approach of the course reflects the interdisciplinarity of book history studies. The
course consists of seminars on key topics in book history with case studies of particular
books, events, and debates. These case studies are designed to combine threads of inquiry
from the readings, and to allow students to work from specific artifacts to general
questions. Students will gain a detailed understanding of current topics in the field of
book history, and situate their own research within ongoing debates.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this course the student will:
1. Expand upon the knowledge of the field of book history gained in BKS 1001H.
2. Be familiar with methods, practices, theories, projects, and debates in book history
and print culture studies, with an emphasis on current practice.
3. Connect the theoretical framework introduced in BKS 1001H to specific cases
and objects of study, and recognize interdisciplinary connections between the
history of books and related disciplines.
4. Explore the field of book history and participate in the small seminar format of the
class.
5. Connect with the book history community and resources at the University of
Toronto and beyond.
COURSE TEXTS
You do not have to purchase any textbooks for this course. The majority of readings will
be available online via the course Blackboard site. The following list includes textbooks
recommended for purchase for BKS 1001H. Most will be on Course Reserve in the
Inforum (4th Floor, Faculty of Information).
1. This syllabus is adapted from a syllabus for BKS 1002H developed by Alan Galey. 1 BKS 1002 2015 Golick RECOMMENDED TEXTS
Boyden, Joseph. Three Day Road. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2006.
[VIC: PR9199.4 .B69 T47 2008—check availability; also available at Thomas Fisher Rare Book
Library; available at Toronto Public Library in multiple formats]
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain. 6 vols. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press, 2002-2011.
[U of T library e-books: Vol. 1; Vol 2; Vol 3; Vol. 4; Vol 5; Vol. 6; also available in print at
Robarts: Z8. G7 C36 1998—check availability]
Eliot, Simon and Jonathan Rose, eds. A Companion to the History of the Book. Malden, MA:
Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
[Inforum: 002.09 C737C—Course Reserves—check availability; also held at other libraries under
different call numbers; e-book available at U of T library]
Finkelstein, David and Alistair McCleery, An Introduction to Book History. 2nd ed. New
York: Routledge, 2013.
[Inforum: 002.09 F499I2—Course Reserves—check availability; also at other libraries under
different call numbers]
Finkelstein, David and Alistair McCleery, eds. The Book History Reader. 2nd ed. New York:
Routledge, 2006.
[Inforum: 002.09 B724B2—Course Reserves—check availability; also at other libraries under
different call numbers]
Fraistat, Neil and Julia Flanders, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Textual Scholarship.
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
[Robarts: P47 .C36 2013X—Course Reserves—check availability; also held in different libraries
under different call numbers]
Gaskell, Philip. A New Introduction to Bibliography. Winchester: St. Paul’s Bibliographies and
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1995.
[Inforum: 686.209 G248N (1972)—Course Reserves—check availability; St. Michael’s: Z1001
.G37 1995 SMC, and also held in other libraries under different call numbers]
Greetham, D. C. Textual Scholarship: An Introduction. New York: Garland, 1994.
[Inforum: 010.44 G816T—Course Reserves—check availability; also held in other libraries under
different call numbers]
Howsam, Leslie. Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in Book History and Print
Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006.
2 BKS 1002 2015 Golick [Inforum: 002 H866P—Course Reserves—check availability; also held in other libraries under
different call numbers]
McKenzie, D. F. Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1999.
[full text through U of T e-resources and Inforum: 010.42 M156BA—Course Reserves—check
availability; also held in other libraries under different call numbers]
Robinson, Solveig C. The Book in Society: An Introduction to Print Culture. Peterborough, ON:
Broadview, 2014.
[St. Michael’s College (Kelly Library): Z4 .R62 2014 SMC—check availability]
Steeves, Andrew. Smoke Proofs: Essays on Literary Publishing, Printing and Typography. Kentville,
NS: Gaspereau Press, 2014.
[Massey College (Robertson Davies): PRESSES 0212—Rare Book—check availability]
ASSIGNMENTS AND MARKING SCHEME AT A GLANCE
Participation
Seminar
Assignment 1: Editions
Assignment 2: Final paper
20% (Due throughout the term)
20% (Various dates)
25% (Due February 9)
35% (Due April 6)
OTHER DATES TO NOTE
Last date to drop the course without academic penalty
Select topic for Assignment 2
February 27
March 16
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Late assignments and papers will be penalized 5% per calendar day. Presentations missed
without a valid reason will receive a mark of zero. I will grant extensions only in advance
of the deadline, and only if the student provides a documented reason such as illness or
family emergency. Please obtain notes from a classmate if you miss one or more classes,
and see me if you have questions about the material that was covered during your
absence. Notify me as soon as possible if a serious illness or other concern is affecting your
ability to keep up with the course. Note: Essays at the graduate level should be free of
errors in grammar or punctuation. Please proofread your essays carefully before
submitting them. I recommend reading your essay aloud or asking someone else to read
it.
Essays must be submitted to Blackboard (under Course Materials) by midnight on the due
date. You may also submit a print copy of your essay.
3 BKS 1002 2015 Golick ESSAY AND ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES
1. Use black, double-spaced 12-point font. If submitting a paper copy, print on one
side of the page. Include page numbers in your document. A separate cover page
is not required. Please include a header with your name.
2. Use the Chicago Manual of Style (note format, not author-date format). See
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/16/contents.
html
3. Retain back-up copies of final paper, notes, and drafts.
ACADEMIC CONDUCT AND PLAGIARISM
The student must be familiar with the following documents: “The Code of Behaviour on Academic
Matters” at http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm“Code of Student Conduct”
at http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/studentc.htm and “Academic Misconduct
(plagiarism, etc.)” at http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/currentstudents/Pages/Academic-Integrity-Resources.aspx.
Other useful resources are Margaret Procter’s essays “How Not to Plagiarize” and “Deterring Plagiarism:
Some Strategies” at http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize and
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/faculty/deterring-plagiarism.
NOTE: Lack of awareness of plagiarism does not excuse the student committing the offence.
STUDENTS REQUIRING ACCOMMODATIONS
If you require accommodations due to a disability or a health reason, please inform the course instructor
and get in touch with the Accessibility Services Office as soon as possible.
http://www.accessibility.utoronto.ca/
GRADING
Grades are assigned according to the following policy and grading system:
http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/Assets/Governing+Council+Digital+Assets/Policies/PDF/grading.pdf The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) defines the grades as follows:
A+, A, AExcellent
B+, B, BGood
FZ
Inadequate
The letter grades correspond to a numeric range as follows:
A+
(90-100%)
B+
(77-79%)
A
(85-89%)
B
(73-76%)
A(80-84%)
B(70-72%)
FZ
(0-69%)
During the course you will receive a numeric grade for individual assignments. These grades will be
summed up and converted to a letter grade, which will be the final grade for the course.
WRITING SUPPORT
Please consult the SGS Office of English Language and Writing Support if you require assistance in
academic writing. The services are designed to target the needs of both native and non-native speakers of
English and include non-credit courses, single-session workshops, and individual writing consultations, and
website resources. These programs are free.
http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/currentstudents/Pages/English-­‐Language-­‐and-­‐Writing-­‐Support.aspx 4 BKS 1002 2015 Golick DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION
PARTICIPATION (20%): Due throughout the term
This mark is determined by the quality of your contributions to both class discussion and
the discussion board on Blackboard. This course is largely structured by ongoing
intellectual debates in book history, and you should be prepared to engage in the debates,
not just observe them. You will be able to do this if you read all of the assigned materials
each week and allow yourself time to think about them and possibly engage with them
online, and come to class prepared to discuss your ideas. Participation depends on active
listening as well. Students are expected to attend class regularly, participate in discussions,
and present seminars. Students must express their opinions with consideration and
respect. The participation mark will be noted on Blackboard at the end of the term.
SEMINAR PRESENTATION (20%): Due throughout the term
You will lead a class discussion on the topic for that class and one of the readings. You
should prepare for the seminar by highlighting key ideas, contextualizing the material,
and formulating discussion questions. You should demonstrate critical thinking and
analysis about the material as you would in writing an article or preparing for a
conference presentation. You will be required to go beyond the readings in the syllabus to
provide context and your critical response.
Your presentation should be 20 to 25 minutes, followed by 20-25 minutes of discussion
led by you. The seminars will be conducted without a data projector or Internet
connection. You should include a paper handout delivered to the class. (I will make
copies if you send the file to me by noon on the day of your seminar).
Students are required to post two potential discussion questions based on the reading to
the course discussion board by 10 p.m. on the Friday before their presentation. Other
students should check the discussion board and come prepared to engage in the
discussion. Presenters can also post material for their colleagues to consult in advance (i.e.
a website, an article). When two students are presenting in the same class, you should
collaborate to ensure that your presentations are complementary.
You are required to submit via Blackboard a digital copy of your handout and a brief
(one-page) outline of your presentation by midnight on the day of your presentation.
Checklist for seminar
Date: ___________________
Select reading
Collaborate with co-presenter (if required)
Identify key ideas
5 BKS 1002 2015 Golick Contextualize the material with further reading
Formulate discussion questions
Post 2 potential discussion questions on Discussion Board by 10 p.m.
Date: ______________
Post any additional materials you wish colleagues to consult
Prepare handout
Submit digital copy of handout and brief outline of presentation by
midnight
Date: _______________
Seminar Evaluation
Preparation (8 points):
Collaborated with colleague (if required)
Posted discussion question in advance
Prepared handout
Submitted digital copies of handout and outline of presentation
Content & Delivery (12 points):
Communicates clearly
Demonstrates knowledge of topic
Facilitates discussion by posing questions
Demonstrates enthusiasm and encourages engagement
Grading Grid
Grading grid:
A+ (18-20)
Excellent
A (17-17.8)
A- (16-16-8)
B+ (15.4-15.8)
Good
B (14.6-15.2)
B- (14-14.4)
ASSIGNMENT 1: EDITIONS (25%) Due February 9th
Essay comparing three editions of a text.
8 to 10 pages excluding bibliography & figures
For this assignment you will compare three editions of a text. You will select the text
keeping in mind Bowers’ definition of a printed edition as “all the copies printed at any
time or times from one setting of type, or its equivalent in the form of plates or monotype
rolls . . . a new major edition is not created except by a complete resetting of the type.
Resetting is sufficient; there need be no alterations in the text.” (1994, 379). Today the
term “edition” is used to differentiate between formats (hardcover, trade paperback, mass
market paperback). They may be different editions or they may be identical editions with
a binding variant. You may wish to consult published bibliographies (many are housed on
6 BKS 1002 2015 Golick the 13th floor of Robarts Library). Bibliographies will have information regarding editions
of a text and often its binding variants and facts about its publication.
You can include a manuscript, typewritten, or electronic version of the text as one of the
three titles. You can include a scholarly edition if your text has been edited in this way, or
a translation of a work into another language. Please limit your consideration to texts
that use visible words as opposed to audiobooks or film adaptations.
Examples of titles suitable for this assignment:
A work by Margaret Atwood in three languages
Ptolemy’s Geografia
Oliver Twist
Canadian Wild Flowers
Alice in Wonderland
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Ulysses
Kim
Moby Dick
Too many to mention—choose a book that interests you!
Questions to consider for this assignment:
1. What are the characteristics of the three editions? Are there major changes
between editions? What is the evidence that they are separate editions?
2. What are the similarities/ differences between the three editions?
3. If you include a scholarly edition, what principles were followed in creating the
edition?
4. What can you discover about the book’s production?
5. Is the title referenced in published bibliographies or other reference works
(EEBO, STC, Wing, COPAC, Tremaine, Alston & Fleming, Fleming, Evans)?
Your essay should include an introduction and a conclusion. You can include images in
an appendix if you wish to illustrate a point. If your 3 books are from the Fisher library
collection, please request that the books remain on hold for me to examine the books
while grading your assignment.
Assignment 1 Evaluation
Organization (6 points):
• Title, name, page numbers
Introduction, body, and conclusion
Content (15 points):
• Demonstrates understanding of editions and identifies similarities and differences among them
• Incorporates mastery of related material: textual scholarship, scholarly editions and apparatus,
printing or digital technologies that produced the text
7 BKS 1002 2015 Golick Style (4 points):
• Appropriate and accurate citation style
• Correct grammar and spelling
Grading grid
A+ (22.5-25)
Excellent
A (21.3-22.3)
A- (20-21)
B+ (19.3-19.8)
Good
B (18.3-19)
B- (17.5-18)
ASSIGNMENT 2: FINAL PAPER (35%) Due April 6
Research paper on a book history topic
14-16 pages excluding bibliography and figures
Due electronically via Blackboard (under Course Materials) by midnight April 6
Students will identify a specific research question related to the course and write a
scholarly research essay. Students may analyze a theoretical or methodological question,
explore an historical context in relation to specific books or communities, analyze the
development of a specific aspect of the materiality of texts, or approach their topic some
other way. Students may explore and develop a research topic identified in the seminar or Assignment 1
for this assignment.
The essay must engage with topics and materials related to the course, and advance an
original and relevant argument that is appropriately supported by your research into
primary and secondary sources (including readings beyond those assigned for the course).
Essays will be graded on the quality of research and engagement with primary and
secondary sources, and on the effectiveness of the argumentation and strength and
accuracy of the writing. All students are required to consult with me about their topic at
least three weeks in advance of the due date (March 16).
Assignment 2 Evaluation
Organization (10 points):
• Title, name, page numbers
• Logical structure, advances an original and relevant argument
• Conclusion
Content (20 points):
• Demonstrates understanding of subject matter and research into primary and secondary sources
• Incorporates mastery of relevant material including content from course readings, lectures, group
presentations, and further research
Style (5 points):
• Appropriate and accurate citation style
• Correct grammar and spelling
Grading grid:
A+ (31.5-35)
Excellent
A (29.8-31.2)
A- (28-29.4)
B+ (27-27.7)
Good
B (25.6-26.6)
B- (24.5-25.2)
8 BKS 1002 2015 Golick COURSE SCHEDULE
5 Jan.
Introduction
www
Eggert, Paul. “Brought to Book: Bibliography, Book History, and the Study
of Literature.” The Library, 7th series, 13, no. 1 (2012): 3-32.
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources]
www
Gillespie, Alexandra. "The History of the Book." New Medieval Literatures 9
(2007): 245-86.
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources]
www
McKenzie, D. F. “The Broken Phial: Non-Book Texts.” In Bibliography and
the Sociology of Texts, 31-54. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1999.
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources]
12 Jan.
Scholarly Editing
Seminar Presentations: 3 students
Assigned readings:
1. Greetham, David. “A History of Textual Scholarship.” In The Cambridge
Companion to Textual Scholarship. Edited by Neil Fraistat and Julia
Flanders, 16-41. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
2. Lernout, Geert. “Continental editorial theory.” In The Cambridge
Companion to Textual Scholarship. Edited by Neil Fraistat and Julia
Flanders, 61-78. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
3. Sutherland, Kathryn. “Anglo-American Editorial Theory.” In The
Cambridge Companion to Textual Scholarship. Edited by Neil Fraistat and
Julia Flanders, 42-60. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2013.
Robarts
[Robarts—P47 .C36 2013X—Course Reserves—check availability; also at other
U of T libraries under different call numbers]
Additional readings:
Blackboard
Groden, Michael. Afterword to Ulysses: The Gabler Edition, by James Joyce,
647-57. Edited by Hans Walter Gabler et. al. New York: VintageRandom House, 1986.
9 BKS 1002 2015 Golick [St. Michael’s College (Kelly Library)—PR6019 .O9 U4 1993—check
availability]
Blackboard
Dane, Joseph. “‘Ideal Copy’ vs. ‘Ideal Texts’: The Application of
Bibliographical Description to Facsimiles.” In Abstractions of Evidence
in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, 77-94. Farnham, UK:
Ashgate, 2009.
[Inforum—010.4 D179A—Stacks—check availability]
19 Jan.
The Surface of Writing: Papermaking Field Trip
Note: There will be a cost for students to participate ($25)
The class will be divided into two groups. Group A: workshop
from 2 to 3:30; Group B: workshop from 3:30 to 5
www
The class will meet at Paperhouse Studio (180 Shaw Street #102, north of
Queen St. West, located in the Artscape Building).
http://paperhousestudio.ca/
In preparation of this visit, please view:
Making Hanji: Korean Papermaking by Shin Hyun Se
Making Hanji in Korea: A Winter Apprenticeship in Papermaking
Papermaking by Hand at Hayle Mill England in 1976
Chancery Papermaking
26 Jan.
Traces of Reading and Writing: Marginalia and Copy-Specific
Approaches
Seminar Presentations: 2 students
Assigned readings:
Blackboard 1. Garvey, Ellen Gruber. “Alternative Histories in African American
Scrapbooks.” In Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil
War to the Harlem Renaissance, 131-171. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2013.
[Robarts—TT870 .G34 2013Y—check availability]
Blackboard 2. Sherman, William H. “Dirty Books? Attitudes Toward Readers’ Marks.”
In Used Books: Marking Readers in Renaissance England, 151-78.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
[Inforum—028.90942 S553U—Stacks—check availability]
10 BKS 1002 2015 Golick Blackboard Additional reading:
Jackson, H. J. “‘Marginal Friviolities’: Readers’ Notes as Evidence for the
History of Reading.” In Owners, Annotators and the Signs of Reading,
edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote,
137-51. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: The British
Library, 2005.
[Inforum—028.9 O97P—Stacks—check availability]
2 Feb.
Copyright & censorship
Seminar Presentations: 2 students
Assigned readings:
www
1. Feather, John. “Copyright and the Creation of Literary Property.” In A
Companion to the History of the Book, edited by Simon Eliot and
Jonathan Rose, 520-530. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
[Inforum—002.09 C737C—Course Reserves—check availability; also held at
other libraries under different call numbers; e-book available at U of T library]
Blackboard
2. Robinson, Solveig R. “States and Censors.” In The Book in Society: An
Introduction to Print Culture, 177-209. Peterborough, ON: Broadview
Press, 2014.
[St. Michael’s College (Kelly Library)—Z4 .R62 2014—check availability]
Additional readings:
Inforum
Carefoote, Pearce J. Forbidden Fruit: Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books from
Dante to Harry Potter. Toronto: Lester, Mason & Begg, 2007.
[Inforum—098.1 C271F—Course Reserves—check availability]
www
MacLaren, Eli. “Introduction” and “Conceiving the 1875 Act, 1868-72:
The Principles of Copyright,” 3-44. In Dominion and Agency: Copyright
and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918. Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 2011.
[Inforum—346.710482 M16D—Stacks—check availability; also held at other
libraries under different call numbers; e-book available at U of T library]
9 Feb.
The Illustrated Book; Book jackets
Seminar Presentations: 3 students
Assignment 1 due
11 BKS 1002 2015 Golick Assigned readings:
Blackboard 1. Benjamin, Walter. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical
Reproduction. In Illuminations, edited by Hannah Arendt, translated
by Harry Zohn, 219-252. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World,
1968.
[Robarts (1969) multiple call numbers—check availability. And, OISE (1986) 809
B468i—check availability]
www
2. Tanselle, G. Thomas. “Dust-jackets, Dealers, and Documentation.” SB
56 (2003-2004): 45-140.
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources]
Blackboard 3. Smith, Jonathan. “Seeing Things: Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual
Culture.” In Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture, 1-43.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
[Gerstein—QH46.5 .S65 2006—check availability; also available at other U of T
libraries under different call numbers]
Additional readings:
Inforum
Powers, Alan. “From Protection to Promotion: The Uses of the Book
Jacket.” In Books for Sale: The Advertising and Promotion of Print since the
Fifteenth Century, edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles
Mandelbrote, 123-144. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and
London: The British Library, 2009.
[Inforum—381.4500209 B724B—Course Reserves—check availability]
Steeves, Andrew. “The Fetish for Picture Jackets.” In Smoke Proofs: Essays on
Literary Publishing, Printing & Typography, 69-86. Kentville, NS:
Gaspereau Press, 2014.
[Massey College—PRESSES 0212—check availability]
Inforum
Tanselle, G. Thomas. Book-Jackets: Their History, Forms, and Use.
Charlottesville: The Bibliographical Society of the University of
Virginia, 2011.
[Inforum 741.64 T168B—Course Reserves—check availability]
16 Feb.
Reading Week: no class
12 BKS 1002 2015 Golick 23 Feb.
Orality and Print in New Worlds
Seminar Presentations: 2 students
Assigned readings:
www
1. McKenzie, D. F. “Orality, Literacy, and Print in Early New Zealand.” In
Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts, 77-128. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1999.
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources]
Blackboard 2. Round, Phillip H. “Toward an Indian Bibliography.” In Removable Type:
Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880, 5-19. Chapel Hill,
SC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
[Inforum—028.089 R859R—Stacks—check availability; also at other U of T
libraries under different call numbers]
Additional readings:
www
Warkentin, Germaine. “In Search of ‘The World of the Other’: Aboriginal
Sign Systems and the History of the Book in Canada.” Book History 2
(1999): 1-27
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources]
Blackboard Shep, Sydney J. “Books without Borders: The Transnational Turn in Book
History.” In Books without Borders, Vol. 1 The Cross-National Dimension
in Print Culture, edited by Robert Turner and Mary Hammond, 1337. Bassingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
[Inforum—002.09 B724C v.1—Stacks—check availability; also available at other
U of T libraries under different call numbers]
2 Mar.
History of the Book in the East Asia and South Asia
Field trip: Royal Ontario Museum Library
Guest Lecturer: Jack Howard
Assigned readings:
www
Edgren, J. S. “China.” In A Companion to the History of the Book, edited by
Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose, 97-110. Malden, MA: Blackwell
Publishing, 2007.
Kornicki, Peter. “Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.” In A Companion to the History
of the Book, edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose, 111-125.
Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
13 BKS 1002 2015 Golick Shaw, Graham. “South Asia.” In A Companion to the History of the Book, edited
by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose, 126-137. Malden, MA:
Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
[full-text; Inforum—002.09 C737C—Course Reserves—check availability; also
held in other libraries under different call numbers]
9 Mar.
National Book Histories
History of the Book in Canada
Seminar Presentations: 2 students
Assigned readings:
www
1. Suarez, Michael F. “Historiographical Problems and Possibilities in Book
History and National Histories of the Book.” Studies in Bibliography 56
(2003-4): 141-70.
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources]
2. Fleming, Patricia. “The History of the Book in Canada.” Chapter 47 in
The Oxford Companion to the Book, edited by M. F. Suarez and H. R.
Woudhuysen. 418-424. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
[Available full-text at U of T library e-resources; Available in print at Inforum
002.09 O98P v.2—Reference Course Reserves; and other U of T libraries—check
availability]
2. Fleming, Patricia. “National Book Histories and the Legacy of History of
the Book in Canada/ Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada.”
PBSC 46, no. 1 (2008): 35-42.
[Available full-text at U of T libraries e-resources]
See also the 3 published volumes of The History of the Book in Canada
[Inforum— 002.0971 AB291H—Stacks—check availability]; and the
Newsletter of the History of the Book in Canada [Inforum (v.1–v.6) Periodical
Stacks—check availability; Thomas Fisher (v.1–v.5)—Rare Book—check
availability] available in the Inforum and other U of T libraries
16 Mar.
History of the Book in Latin America
Guest Lecturer: David Fernandez
Note: Class to be held at the Fisher library
Assigned readings:
www
Calvo, Hortensia. “Latin America.” In A Companion to the History of the Book,
14 BKS 1002 2015 Golick edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose, 139-152. Malden, MA:
Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
[full-text; Inforum—002.09 C737C—Course Reserves—check availability; also
held in other libraries under different call numbers]
Blackboard Rodríquez-Buckingham, Antonio. “Change and the Printing Press in
Sixteenth-Century Spanish America.” In Agent of Change: Print Culture
Studies after Elizabeth Eisenstein, edited by Sabrina Alcorn Baron, Eric
Lindquist, and Eleanor Shevlin, 216-237. Amherst and Boston:
University of Massachusetts Press; Washington, D.C.: in association
with The Center for the Book, Library of Congress, 2007.
[Inforum—686.209 A265A—check availability; also at other U of T libraries
under different call numbers]
23 Mar.
Lost in Translation; Letters
Seminar presentations: 2 students
Assigned readings:
www
1. Bassnett, Susan. Introduction and Chapter 1: Central Issues in Translation
Studies, 4th ed. London and New York: Routledge, 2014.
[Robarts—P306 .B38 2014—check availability; e-­‐book of 3rd edition available
through U of T libraries e-resources here and here]
www
2. Mahoney, Deirdre. “’More Than an Accomplishment’: Advice on Letter
Writing for Nineteenth-Century American Women.” Huntington
Library Quarterly 66, no. 3/4 (2003): 411-423.
[Available full-text at U of T libraries e-resources]
Additional readings:
UTL; TPL
Boyden, Joseph. Three Day Road. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2006.
[VIC— PR9199.4 .B69 T47 2008—check availability; also available at Thomas
Fisher Rare Book Library; available at Toronto Public Library in multiple
formats]
www
Daybell, James. “Letters.” In The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern
Women’s Writing edited by Laura Lunger Knoppers, 181-193. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
[Available full-text at U of T libraries e-resources]
Blackboard
Grossman, Edith. Introduction to Why Translation Matters. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2010.
15 BKS 1002 2015 Golick [Robarts—PN241 .G75 2010X—check availability; also at other U of T libraries
under different call numbers]
www
Sherman, William H. “Distant Relations: Letters from America, 14921677.” Huntington Library Quarterly 66, no. 3/4 (2003): 225-245.
[Available full-text at U of T libraries e-resources]
Blackboard
Sirat, Colette. “Layouts for Short Texts: Letters and Documents.” In
Writing as Handwork: A History of Handwriting in Mediterranean and
Western Culture, edited by Lenn Schramm, 253-274. Brussels:
Turnhout: Brepols, 2006.
[Robarts—P211 .S59 2006—check availability; also at other U of T libraries
under different call numbers]
30 Mar.
Conclusion
Discussion of final projects
Bibliophilic Happenings
15 January 2015—6 p.m.—Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
An evening with Robert Wu
Sponsored by CBBAG—GTA Chapter
29 January 2015—4:15 p.m.—Munk School of Global Affairs, Room 208N
TCB Lecture “Sola Scriptura?: Book History and Religious Authority in the United States”
Matthew Hedstrom, University of Virginia
11 February 2015—5:30 p.m.—Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Exhibition opening—Witnesses to History: Highlights of the Judaica Collection
2 March 2015—4:15 p.m.—Victoria College, Alumni Hall (VC112)
TCB Lecture “Becoming Normal? Law Printing in the 1630s”
Ian Williams, University College, London
9 March 2015—8 p.m.—Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Lecture Major Contours in the History of the Book in Canada
Eli MacLaren, Assistant Professor, McGill University
28 March 2015—10 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Massey College, Upper Library
Graduate Student Colloquium
30 March 2015—8 p.m.—Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Lecture Books as History
David Pearson, Director of Culture, Heritage & Libraries, City of London
[Reading List Service provided and links accessed by the Information Services Unit
at the Inforum: Winter term, 2015]
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