SHARP News

SHARP, (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing) (1996) SHARP News 5(1):pp. 1-12.

Abstract

This is the Winter 1995-96 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose; Book Review Editor: Philip A. Metzger. CONTENTS: ULSTER COLLOQUIUM TO PLAN A HISTORY OF THE IRISH BOOK; SHARP WILL SPONSOR SESSIONS AT AHA, ASECS, AND MLA CONFERENCES; COLUMBIA BEGINS UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON "THE BOOK IN HISTORY"; BOOK AND LIBRARY HISTORY PROGRAM AT LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN; BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES: A COURSE SYLLABUS; PRINT, LITERACY, AND POWER IN AMERICA: A COURSE SYLLABUS; BOOK REVIEWS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: BOOK AND LIBRARY HISTORY PROGRAM AT LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN, by Steingrimur Jonsson (pp. 2-3); BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Daniel Traister (pp. 3-4); PRINT, LITERACY, AND POWER IN AMERICA: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Mary Kay Duggan (pp. 4-6); BOOK REVIEWS, by Richard W. Clement (p. 6); ON THE INTERNET, by Patrick Leary (pp. 9-10).