Teaching Transatlanticism: Resources for Teaching 19th-Century Anglo-American Print Culture - Softcover

Linda K. Hughes; Sarah R Robbins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748694463 ISBN 13: 9780748694464

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This is an essential resource for teaching 19th century print culture in the expanding field of transatlantic studies. How are University instructors to contribute to a growing field when most Ph.D.s continue to be conferred in British or American literature? To provide a foundational resource for teaching Anglo American transatlanticism in the long 19th century, this volume by leading scholars and experienced professors from Canada, the UK, and the US outlines conceptual approaches to transatlanticism and offers practical resources ranging from individual assignment descriptions to full syllabi. Complemented by a website, the collection provides practical resources for teaching grounded in current scholarship. Addressing both current and future university teachers, and recognising the varying degrees to which today's curricular formations enable/allow for transatlantic teaching, the individual chapters and the associated project website range from treating full scale courses to reconsidering individual texts and authors in transatlantic context. An afterword by graduate students currently working in transatlanticism demonstrates the impact and opportunities of this burgeoning field. With this book readers will receive help with conceptual issues as well as practical issues. The contributors from a range of different institutions are experts in teaching and researching American, British, Canadian, and transatlantic literature and print culture in the long 19th century. It offers classroom accounts that address multiple genres, issues, and media. Its's chapter authors blend reflections on real world teaching contexts that candidly address challenges with scholarly analysis of key issues in the field today. With a project website supplements the book chapters and invites continued conversations through a moderated discussion space and submission venue for readers' own teaching materials.

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About the Author

Linda K. Hughes is Addie Levy Professor of Literature at Texas Christian University. Sarah R. Robbins is Lorraine Sherley Professor of Literature at Texas Christian University.

From the Back Cover

An essential resource for teaching nineteenth-century print culture in Transatlantic Studies The 19 chapters in this book outline conceptual approaches to the eld and provide practical resources for teaching, ranging from ideas for individual class sessions to full syllabi and curricular frameworks. The book is in 5 key sections - Curricular Histories and Key Trends; Organising Curriculum through Transatlantic Lenses; Teaching Transatlantic Figures; Teaching Genres in Transatlantic Context; and Envisioning Digital Transatlanticism - together with an Introduction and Afterward which draw together themes and topics covered in the individual chapters. Contributions from experts in the eld range from reconceptualising entire courses to revisiting individual texts, authors, and genres in a transatlantic context. Weaving in strategies from innovative teaching shaped by the digital humanities, the collection also looks ahead to the future of this growing field. A dedicated Teaching Transatlanticism website accompanies the book. Available at: https: //teachingtransatlanticism.tcu.edu/ Key Features - Chapters address both conceptual and practical issues - Classroom accounts address multiple genres, issues, and media - Re ections on real-world teaching contexts are blended with scholarly analysis of key issues in the field today - The specially designed project website supports the book and invites continued conversations through a moderated discussion space and submission venue for readers' own teaching materials Linda K. Hughes is Addie Levy Professor of Literature at TCU. She is co-editor of the four-volume A Feminist Reader: Feminist Thought from Sappho to Satrapi (2013) and author of The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry (2010). Sarah Robbins is author/editor of seven books and is Lorraine Sherley Professor of Literature at TCU, where she teaches American literature and transatlantic and cross-cultural studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748694463
• ISBN 13: 9780748694464
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Linda K. Hughes, Sarah R. Robbins