Evening News: Optics, Astronomy, and Journalism in Early Modern Europe. By Eileen Reeves. Material Texts. Edited by Roger Chartier et al. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. Pp. 308. $69.95 (cloth); $69.95 (eBook).

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 901-903
Author(s):  
Ada Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Evening News ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Material Texts

The Library and Material Texts

PMLA ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 119 (5) ◽  
pp. 1347-1352
Author(s):  
Peter Stallybrass
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Print Culture ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The University ◽  
Material Texts

For the last three years, roger chartier and i have taught an undergraduate seminar called the history of print Culture in Early Modern Europe and America. Although the content of the course has changed, one feature has been persistent: at least half our classes met in the rare-book libraries of Philadelphia. While we have often held the seminar in Special Collections at the University of Pennsylvania, we have also gone to the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Free Library, and the Rosenbach Museum and Library. This would not have been possible without the extraordinary openness and generosity of the Philadelphia libraries and librarians. But the work of those librarians has not only provided an infrastructure for the course; it has also reshaped what we've worked on and how we teach it.

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