English 593a/Comp Lit 596c/ Humanities 5221

One of the four required core-courses in the Graduate Textual Studies Program,
this seminar offers an introduction to bibliographical resources for the study of
printing as an art and as a means of textual transmission; a practical view of hand
and machine press printing; introductory surveys of analytic and descriptive bibliography;
of the history of the book and book production; of current textual theories; and practical
experience in editing printed texts. Some of the sessions in this seminar will be taught
by guest faculty.