NES 1931

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NES 1931
FWS:Jewish Book Cultures: Early Modern Form, Genre, and Gender

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This course invites you to judge books by their covers! Does a fancy cover indicate an important text or an owner who wanted the ultimate aesthetic bookshelf? Can we know what genre to expect from the form of a book? How about the country it was made in? We will examine how the expected audience of a piece of writing influences the text, the way it is presented, and ultimately how it is received. Using examples from early modern Jewish book cultures we will explore these ideas together, with a particular emphasis on the role of women. Your own effective writing style will be refined through in-class writing activities, essays, guided research, and trips to the Rare Books and Manuscripts library for practical experience.


Writing and Languages (FWS)

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20685 NES 1931   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Cilia Werdmolder, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.