Circulation, Scale, and Knowledge

Read before class:

Benedict Anderson, “Print and National Languages,” 97-100

William M. Ivins, “Prints and Visual Communications,” 91-96

Frederick Douglass, “Pictures and Progress,” 113-114

Wendell Berry, “In Defense of Literacy,” p. 45-48

Sonja Drimmer, “The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge”: When Slogans Masquerade as History, Blog post, September 10, 2025