This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take ENGL1715 with this course.
How have books and reading shaped the modern world?
The printing press changed the course of history in Europe and the Americas. This course centers on the book as a vehicle for the production and spread of ideas during the first three centuries of printing (14501800). By paying close attention to the material book and its makers, authors, printers, readers, and owners we will explore some of the eras great political and cultural upheavals, especially the Reformation, scientific revolution, and revolutions in France, North America, and Haiti. Such events appear as more intensely human and local when seen through the lens of printed books, their makers, and their readers.
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