Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves lxiv-lxix).

As Yet Uncertain: A Portrait in Procession is an installation of prints featuring a combination of image and text. Drawing inspiration from various depictions of the grotesque in art and literature, the project examines the grotesque form, both in body and mind. As Yet Uncertain: A Portrait in Procession observes how the grotesque—a body that is always in the act of becoming—relates to uncertainties and ambivalence in identity and humanity.

My experience as a presenter of science workshops to elementary school students and teachers led me to believe that there was a need for a resource book that answered the students questions about insects. My studies of curriculum development and in particular transformational education reinforced my philosophy that the students should have answers to the question that are important to them. My project was to produce and evaluate such a document that would be valuable to students and teachers. Elementary school children were surveyed to gather questions for the book. These questions were compiled, culled. categorized and answered to produce the resource book titled You Asked About Insects. After a pilot of the evaluation, copies of the book along with evaluation questionnaires for teachers for teachers and students were distributed to schools. Response to the student questionnaires was not adequate to draw conclusions. To gather more data, I travelled to a school and worked with the students to evaluate the book. My data shows that the book was well received by the students and the teachers. Teachers generally found it a good resource that had many answers and much information. It included information for which they previously would have had to refer to many different sources. Students were able to find the answers to the questions that they had about insects. They liked the format and were able to use the table of contents and the index to look up the answers to the questions they had. / Thesis / Master of Science (Teaching)

The aim of this work is to attempt to read the text of Genesis 18-19 in line with the canonical approach of Brevard S Childs in order to critique his programme through its actual praxis. In chapter 1 a historical introduction to the discipline of 'biblical theology' and its texts provides a background against which to contextualise Childs's own work and its historical development. A detailed description of the approach in terms of its historical justification and its actual praxis appears in chapter 2. There certain common criticisms are encountered and refuted. It is also suggested that Childs's approach is often the target of unwarranted criticism based upon an assumed foundationalist view of hermeneutics. In chapter 3, this is developed further and it is argued that the non-foundationalist hermeneutics of Stanley E. Fish provide a heuristically powerful way of understanding the canonical approach and its 'community of faith'. Two aspects of the praxis of the canonical approach form the core of chapter 4: the necessary role of narrative presuppositions and the potential role of diachronic studies of biblical texts. A description of presuppositions necessary for understanding Genesis 18-19 are drawn from Genesis 1-17 and outlined, and the diachronic studies of H. Gunkel is used as an exemplar to test the illumination which diachronic studies may provide to readers of the canonical text. In chapters 5 and 6, a detailed exegesis is provided of the canonical text of Genesis 18 and Genesis 19. A short section on the effects of this exegesis on subsequent Old Testament texts completes chapter 6. In conclusion, the experience of reading the texts in this way is used to point out certain aspects and implications of the canonical approach which are missed when the approach is considered in purely theoretical terms.

WILLIAM PICKERING, (1796-1854), ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER., PUBLISHER, AND BOOK DESIGNER: A STUDY IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY BOOK-TRADE. By James M. McDonnell This study is the first systematic and detailed examination of the life and career of William Pickering. Pickering was chosen as a subject because he can be regarded as a transitional figure. In a period when the specialist publisher was coming to the fore, and bookselling and publishing were tending to become quite separate occupations, Pickering's combination of rare-book dealing and publishing was a continuation of eighteenth century practices into the 1850s. On the other hand Pickering's invention of cloth binding for books, his creation of a personal publishing style, his achievements as a book designer, and his involvement with the movement to lower book prices, are all innovatory traits. The study argues that Pickering's conservative and innovatory tendencies can best be understood as a response to particular social and economic conditions. It investigates Pickering's perception of and relation to his public, his authors, and his printer (Charles Whittingham the Younger) and financial backer (John Joseph Thornthwaite). It also examines Pickering's awareness of the financial and economic conditions which constrained his business. The argument is based upon an extensive and thorough study of Pickering Is extant correspondence, and upon those papers relating to his business which have been preserved. The most important primary source has been the printing ledgers of the Chiswick Press.

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null / This is the Spring 1996 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: Jonathan Rose; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Philip A. Metzger. CONTENTS: EDITORIAL TEAMS APPOINTED TO DIRECT SHARP YEARBOOK AND NEWSLETTER; THE HISTORY OF THE IRISH BOOK PROJECT: A FIRST PROGRESS REPORT; LONDON AND DREW UNIVERSITIES CREATE GRADUATE EDUCATION LINK; WILLIAM MORRIS CENTENARY OBSERVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC; READING: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND HISTORY: A COURSE SYLLABUS; THE HISTORY OF INFORMATION: A COURSE SYLLABUS; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS; LECTURES; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: READING: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND HISTORY: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Leon Jackson (pp. 3-5); THE HISTORY OF INFORMATION: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Edward Tenner (pp. 6-7).

Masthead reads: Winter 1998-99 / This is the Winter 1998-99 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; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Fiona Black. CONTENTS: IN MY VIEW: "EASING INTO BIOGRAPHY"; 1999 SHARP BOOK HISTORY PRIZE COMPETITION; AUSTRIAN BOOK HISTORY ON THE GO; STUDYING GERMAN BOOK HISTORY; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS; NEW JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; SEMINARS; 1998 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE BOOK PROJECTS ROUNDUP; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: IN MY VIEW: "EASING INTO BIOGRAPHY", by James L.W. West III (pp. 1-2); AUSTRIAN BOOK HISTORY ON THE GO, by Peter R. Frank and Murray G. Hall (p. 2); Lost Libraries; Drawing from Nature: Art and Illustration in the Natural History Science; Australian Media Traditions: Historical Perspectives; Children's Books History Society; Libraries and the Book Trade; "La Bibliofilia" (CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS) (p. 4); Women of the Book: Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes; The Popular Print in England (EXHIBITIONS) (pp. 4-5); Mellon Resident Research Fellowships; John Hill Burton Fellowship; Norman MacCaig Fellowship (FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS) (p. 5); Winter 1999 Book History Seminar Programme; Spring Term 1999 Sociology of Texts Seminar Series; Spring 1999 series of Edward Clark Seminars (SEMINARS) (p. 6); 1998 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE BOOK PROJECTS ROUNDUP, by Ian R. Willison, John Y. Cole (pp. 6-7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Sharon Hamilton, Barbara Hochman, David Hunter, Elizabeth Morrison, Philip Girard, Leon Jackson (pp. 7-11).

This is the Autumn 2006 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. Set in Adobe Garamond with Wingdings. Editor: Sydney Shep; Review Editors: Fritz Levy, Gail Shivel, Lisa Pon, Tina Ray Murray; Bibliographer: Robert N. Matuozzi. CONTENTS: SHARP HAGUE 2006; SHARP AWARDS 2006; SHARP MINNEAPOLIS 2007; A SHARP FIRST!; MACHIAVELLIAN CONGRATS; CONFERENCE REVIEWS; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; BOOK REVIEWS; IN SHORT; BOOK REVIEWS UPDATE; EXHIBITION REVIEWS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; RED UPDATE; JEBS RELAUNCH; BIBLIOGRAPHY; OLD BOOKS, NEW USES; THE EXPANDING BOOKSHELF. This issue includes the following contributions: A First-Timer's Perspective (SHARP HAGUE 2006), by Judith Jennings (p. 1); From Our President, by Bob Patten (pp. 1-2); To the Membership of SHARP, by Leslie Howsam, Mary Lu MacDonald, David Stam, Elizabeth Webby, Alexis Weedon (p. 2); Award for Distinguished Achievement [ADA] (SHARP AWARDS 2006), by Leslie Howsam with a message from John North (p. 3); DeLong Prize 2006 (SHARP AWARDS 2006) (pp. 3-4); SHARP Student Prize (SHARP AWARDS 2006), by Ezra Greenspan, Jonathan Rose (p. 4); Open the Book, Open the Mind, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 11-15 July 2007 (SHARP MINNEAPOLIS 2007) (p. 4); A SHARP FIRST!, by Alistair McCleery (p. 4); MACHIAVELLIAN CONGRATS, by Jonathan Rose (p. 4); Publishing Classics since 1800 (CONFERENCE REVIEWS), by Sandy Malcolm (pp. 5-6); "Book Roads" in East Asia (CONFERENCE REVIEWS), by Peter Kornicki (p. 7); Magazines and Modernity in Australasia, Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 8-9 December 2006 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch, Ellis Tinios, W.A. Kelly, S.J. Connolly, Victoria Gardner, Robert N. Matuozzi, Kai-wing Chow, David Finkelstein, Joad Raymond, Gillian Wright (pp. 8-15); IN SHORT, by Gail Shivel (pp. 15-16); Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 4 September-27 November 2005 (EXHIBITION REVIEWS), by Lisa Pon (pp. 16-17); Work of Many Hands: The Art of Islamic Bookmaking, Art Institute of Chicago, Parts I and II: 1 May-28 August 2006 (EXHIBITION REVIEWS), by Kay Shelton (p. 17); Sacred Leaves: The Book between Manuscript & Print, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 22-23 February 2007 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 18); The Oral, the Written, and Other Verbal Media: Interfaces and Audiences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 19-21 June 2008 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 18).