HIST 84E and ENGLISH 90HT: How to Read a Book

Semester: Spring
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Year offered: 2017

T 1:00 –2:59

Jill Lepore, Leah Price

This hands-on interdisciplinary undergraduate seminar is for students who want to think about what a book is and how to read one. Readings include historical and literary narratives of reading by Cervantes, Richardson, Franklin, Sterne, Ellison, and Bradbury, together with research exercises in Harvard library and museum collections.