Professor Sinnreich-Levi presents “Knightly Reading in the Middle Ages,” Glen Rock Library, August 10

HOBOKEN, N.J. — “Reading wasn’t as easy in the Middle Ages as it is now,” says Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Deborah Sinnreich-Levi. “You couldn’t just walk into a bookstore or a library and check out the latest best-seller. In fact, reading and the creation of books were skills that were limited to a very few people. Illuminated manuscripts were created painstakingly by specialized craftsmen, who labored together in medieval workshops to make one-of-a-kind books that were also beautiful works of art.”

Dr. Sinnreich-Levi, a Glen Rock, N.J., resident since 1995, will share some entertaining stories about literature and the art of publishing in the Middle Ages in a free program the evening of August 10, at the Glen Rock Public Library. She will also show slides of some of the most interesting and beautiful examples of medieval literature.

Sinnreich-Levi has taught English and comparative literature with a focus on medieval studies at Stevens Institute of Technology since 1990. She is the director of the undergraduate writing program, the Humanities Resource Center and the graduate certificate program in professional communications. Her research focuses on fourteenth-century French poetry, and she is currently working on her seventh book on medieval literature.

The free program, appropriate for teens and older, will be presented Wednesday, August 10, from 7:00–8:00 p.m., at the Glen Rock Public Library, 315 Rock Road, Glen Rock, N.J.

Registration is required for this program. Please stop by or call the library at 201-670-3970 to register. Also, please visit www.bccls.org/glenrock/

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