SHARP News

Abstract

This is the Winter 1996-97 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: David Finkelstein; Book Review Editor: Fiona Black. CONTENTS: THE LAUNCH OF THE READING EXPERIENCE DATABASE; SHARP ELECTION RESULTS; BOOK HISTORY CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED; NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE REPORT; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOSTS INAUGURAL MEETING OF APHA/SE CHAPTER; DRAMATISING THE FAMILIAR: SHOWING STUDENTS WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT BOOKS; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS; LECTURES AND SEMINARS; WEBWATCH; BOOK REVIEWS; NEW PUBLICATIONS; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: DRAMATISING THE FAMILIAR: SHOWING STUDENTS WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT BOOKS, by Jeffrey D. Groves (pp. 2-4); American Studies Association; Organization of American Historians; APHA; Popular Culture Association; Upcoming SHARP Session at ASECS 1997; Entries Sought for SHARP/ASECS Handout; History of the Religious Book; SHARP Annual Book History Prize (SCHOLARLY LIAISONS) (pp. 4-5); American Journalism Historians Association; 1997 IASIL Conference; MWASEC; History of the Provincial Book Trade; Research Society for Victorian Periodicals; Libraries, Reading and Publishing in the Cold War (CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS) (pp. 5-6); From Text to Book: New Studies in Literature and History (LECTURES AND SEMINARS) (pp. 6-7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Sondra Cuban, Peter Hoare, Martin Moonie, Peter R. Frank (pp. 7-10).