The publisher of the Arden Shakespeare has cancelled the contract of a senior scholar charged with producing a new edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the well-regarded series. Patricia Parker, who has a high reputation among Shakespearians, had been working on her edition of MND for more than a decade. Did Arden's publisher, Cengage, terminate her because of missed deadlines? Or was something else--commercialism versus scholarship, or scholar versus scholar--behind the dismissal? Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
Journalism
“Literary Geospaces: Digital Tools Help Put Literature in Its Place”
A look at two nifty new digital-humanities projects: The Map of Early Modern London, created by Janelle Jenstad, an assistant professor of English at the University of Victoria, and a Google Earth visualization of the development of Irish-American literature. That one's the brainchild of Matthew Jockers, an academic technology specialist at Stanford University. Neat stuff. Read More at The Chronicle Review »
“Mellon Foundation Assesses the State of Scholarly Publishing”
The 2007 annual report of the Andrew W. Mellon has some surprisingly intriguing things to say about the past, present, and future of scholarly communication. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Scholarly Publishers Discuss How They’re Adapting to Changing Realities”
A report from the annual gathering of the Association of American University Presses, June 26-29, in Montreal. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“News Analysis: U.S. Librarians, Authors, and Publishers Weigh the Chilling Effects of ‘Libel Tourism’ “
Recent libel actions involving U.S. authors and the British legal system make it clear just how wide a gulf separates the United States from the rest of the world on the question of free speech. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
