The History of the Book group formed in 2005. The group of faculty, staff, and students meets 2-3 times per quarter. Their interests include the social, economic, and cultural history of authorship, editing, printing, publishing, media, book art, book trade, periodicals, newspapers, ephemera, copyright, censorship, literary agents, libraries, literary criticism, canon formation, literacy, literary education, translation studies and multiculturalism, reading habits, and reader response. On Friday, October 21 RICHARD GREEN (English/Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) will lead a discussion on the early years of the Scriveners’ Company in England. The group will meet at 3:30 p.m. in Hagerty 255. Contact Jonathan Burgoyne, burgoyne.10@osu.edu.
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