by georgiareeves | Mar 10, 2020 | History of the Book
Student Mark Pickett (MA History of the Book) wonders at the splendour created in historical literary texts by the then emerging technologies. (Originally posted on Talking Humanities) The Latin root noun textus (meaning ‘texture, tissue, structure’) indicates the...
by katythompson | Nov 23, 2018 | History of the Book, MA Programme
Hi! My name is Alex Wingate and I’m an M.A. student at the Institute of English Studies for the History of the Book. I hail from Fairfax, Virginia on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. I have a B.A. from the College of William and Mary (2nd oldest college in the U.S.,...
by chrisa | Dec 8, 2016 | History of the Book, MA Programme
Two years ago I retired from my job as a manager in the IT Services industry (I wasn’t much good at the technology, but was rather better at managing the people who were) and looked around for ways to keep the little grey cells ticking over. I originally graduated in...
by chrisa | Nov 28, 2016 | Collaborations, History of the Book, MA Programme
My name is Bonnie and I’m from Colorado, USA. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in History and English from the University of Denver, and I have always loved books and reading. I’ve worked as an editor and enjoy seeing the process of making a book from start to finish....
by chrisa | Oct 24, 2016 | History of the Book, MA Programme
Leah Henrickson At the age o’ 22, I flew o’er the ocean blue… to pursue a full-time MA in the History of the Book at the School of Advanced Study’s Institute of English Studies. And clearly poetry was not my speciality. During my undergraduate degree at the University...
