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Call Number: SC0577
Creator:
Bender, John B.
Title: John B. Bender papers
Dates: 1966-2004
Physical Description:
20.5 linear feet (35 boxes)
Summary: These papers pertain to Bender's teaching and writing. Included are correspondence; research files; departmental files pertaining
to comparative literature at Stanford; lectures and talks; publication files containing correspondence, drafts of articles,
and proofs; class files (primarily on Shakespeare and Spenser) containing syllabi, reading lists, lecture notes, class handouts,
and other materials; and drafts of his book IMAGINING THE PENITENTIARY.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
The papers were given to the Stanford University Archives by John B. Bender in 1999 and 2005, and 2006.
Files in Accession ARCH-2005-088, Subseries 6 are restricted. The collection is otherwise open for research; materials must
be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], John B. Bender Papers (SC0577). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John Bryant Bender earned his A.B. in English at Princeton University in 1962 and his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1967.
He has been a professor of English at Stanford University since 1967. His publications include SPENSER AND LITERARY PICTORIALISM
(1972); IMAGINING THE PENITENTIARY : FICTION AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF MIND IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND (1987); and CHRONOTYPES
: THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIME (1991), which he edited with David E. Wellbery.
These papers pertain to Bender's teaching and writing. Included are correspondence; research files; departmental files pertaining
to comparative literature at Stanford; lectures and talks; publication files containing correspondence, drafts of articles,
and proofs; class files (primarily on Shakespeare and Spenser) containing syllabi, reading lists, lecture notes, class handouts,
and other materials; and drafts of his book IMAGINING THE PENITENTIARY.
Bender, John B.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Study and teaching.
Stanford University. Dept. of English--Faculty.
English literature--Study and teaching