Using Commonplace Books to Enrich Medieval and Renaissance Courses

doi:10.1017/9781802701258

This book is a collection of essays offering a wide range of approaches to teaching with commonplace books. In the medieval period and beyond, commonplace books promoted a blend of excerpting, memorization, creative writing, and journaling, making them the analogue equivalent to modern-day digital journaling, bookmarking, and note-taking tools. Covering a variety of methods for introducing students to the medieval and Renaissance reading practice known as commonplacing, this volume provides instructors with concrete guidelines for using commonplace books as a teaching and learning tool. The enclosed essays provide a point of reference for best practices as well as concrete models for teaching and learning with commonplace books, helping instructors develop more student-centred, inclusive curricula.

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Front Matter
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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- By Sarah E. Parker, Andie Silva
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Part I - Why Teach Using Commonplace Books?
pp 15-16
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1 - Resources, Materials, and In-Class Activities for Introducing Undergraduates to Commonplacing as Praxis
pp 17-36
- By Nicole Hagstrom-Schmidt
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2 - Rebuilding the Brit Lit I Survey around the Commonplace Book
pp 37-52
- By Dana Schumacher-Schmidt
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3 - Student Commonplace Books and Verse Miscellanies, ca. 1516–2022
pp 53-74
- By Joshua Eckhardt
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4 - Teaching with Commonplace Books in the Age of #RelatableContent
pp 75-98
- By Vimala C. Pasupathi
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Part II - Adapting the Commonplace Book Assignment
pp 99-100
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5 - Productive Disruptions: Using Commonplace Books to Resist Eurocentrism
pp 101-118
- By Andie Silva
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6 - Encoding Early Modern Commonplace Books in the Classroom
pp 119-140
- By Laura Estill
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7 - Opportunities with Omeka: Commonplacing the Early Tudor Reading Experience
pp 141-158
- By Alison Harper
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8 - Poetry at Play: Commonplace Books in a Game-Themed Literature Survey
pp 159-174
- By Nora L. Corrigan
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9 - Coda: Managing the Commonplace Book Assignment: Putting this Volume to Practice
pp 175-184
- By Sarah E. Parker
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Front Matter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-14

Part I - Why Teach Using Commonplace Books?
pp 15-16

1 - Resources, Materials, and In-Class Activities for Introducing Undergraduates to Commonplacing as Praxis
pp 17-36

2 - Rebuilding the Brit Lit I Survey around the Commonplace Book
pp 37-52

3 - Student Commonplace Books and Verse Miscellanies, ca. 1516–2022
pp 53-74

4 - Teaching with Commonplace Books in the Age of #RelatableContent
pp 75-98

Part II - Adapting the Commonplace Book Assignment
pp 99-100

5 - Productive Disruptions: Using Commonplace Books to Resist Eurocentrism
pp 101-118

6 - Encoding Early Modern Commonplace Books in the Classroom
pp 119-140

7 - Opportunities with Omeka: Commonplacing the Early Tudor Reading Experience
pp 141-158

8 - Poetry at Play: Commonplace Books in a Game-Themed Literature Survey
pp 159-174

9 - Coda: Managing the Commonplace Book Assignment: Putting this Volume to Practice
pp 175-184

Select Bibliography
pp 185-186

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