Readings & Resources
readings and other things..
Manuscripts
Schoenberg Institute:
Youtube Playlist relating to manuscript production: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8e3GREu0zuB9amiMdQIAQ1ehQRCbt78-
Parchment Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8e3GREu0zuCCrIxhVZ0jbU1Fi6dvLh5N
Video Orientation to UPenn mss. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8e3GREu0zuArF1rYG2JgKxWb_Kp_zmoT
Online Lectures
Paul Freedman's Early Middle Ages (videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL851F45079A91C3F2
What Is Historical Fiction?: Defining the Genre
Core readings: Ian Mortimer, "Why Historians Should Write Fiction"; Larissa MacFarquhar,
"The Dead Are Real" . Definitions of historical fiction can be found in many places and take many forms. Perry Anderson's "From Progress to Catastrophe"is a sophisticated overview of the historical novel since the early nineteenth century (it appeared in the London Review of Books). You might also visit the extensive website of the Historical Novel Society, Core reading: Matthew Phillpott, "A Brief History of Historical Fiction"
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