SHARP News

SHARP, (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing) (2000) SHARP News 9(2):pp. 1-12.

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This is the Spring 2000 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: Fiona Black; Associate Editor & Bibliographer: Lind Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: GUEST COMMENT: "FOR THE LETTER ... GIVETH LIFE"; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS; LECTURES & COURSES; EXHIBITIONS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: GUEST COMMENT: "FOR THE LETTER ... GIVETH LIFE", by Graham Law (pp. 1-3); Society for the Study of American Women Writers, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 February 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), New Orleans, Louisiana, 18-22 April 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Umbrella 6, The Library Association, University of Science and Technology in Manchester, UK, 4-7 July 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); John Stow (1525-1605): Author, Editor & Reader, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 30 March-1 April 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Colonial and Post-Colonial Cultures of the Book, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6-8 August 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Mid-America American Studies Association, Madison, Wisconsin, 20-21 April 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 5); Material Cultures: The Book, the Text, and the Archive, University of Edinburgh, UK, 28-30 July 2000 (CONFERENCES) (p. 5); Munby Fellowship in Bibliography, Cambridge University Library, 2001-2002 (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); Rare Book School (RBS), University of Virginia (LECTURES & COURSES) (pp. 5-6); Stunning Books: A Selection of Modern Private Press Books, Auckland City Library, New Zealand, 18 March-17 June 2000 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 6); The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), by Eleanor Shevlin (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 6); London-Londres-Londra: Foreign Lnaguage Printing in London, 1500-1900, British Library, UK, 8 May 2000, by Marcella Leembruggen, et al. (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 6-8); BOOK REVIEWS, by Trysh Travis, Leah Price, Charles Johanningsmeier (pp. 8-10).