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University Library houses physical treasures in a digital age
The University of Chicago Library houses treasured volumes that carry the very essence of history in their pages. Take, for example, a 1623 edition of The Assayer with a handwritten correction by Galileo.
Chicago Tribine’s Cultural Critic Julia Keller uses this example as she debates the relative merits of books in a digital age. Read the entire story here.
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"My scholarship and teaching focuses on American and African-American literature from the late nineteenth century through the middle of the twentieth century. I am particularly interested in the way that debates about literary form and genre articulate with discussions of political and social change."
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