{"id":496,"date":"2020-06-30T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T17:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/publishing\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2023-03-22T14:54:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:54:56","slug":"public-domain-texts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/books\/public-domain-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Domain Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Any works that are in the Public Domain (creative works to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply) can be freely used in your courses.&nbsp; These texts can be hosted at TMU and customized (introductions, glossaries, annotations, supplementary materials) for your course.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"book_profile_container\"><a name=\"toklas\"><\/a><br><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"book_profile_image alignnone  wp-image-348 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2019\/07\/toklas_cover-768x965-1-239x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2019\/07\/toklas_cover-768x965-1-239x300.png 239w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2019\/07\/toklas_cover-768x965-1.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 239px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 239\/300;\" \/>\n<div class=\"book_profile_text\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/toklas\/\">The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by Gertrude Stein<\/p>\n<p>This text was selected for use in an English course in the spring of 2019.&nbsp; By using the <a href=\"http:\/\/hypothes.is\">Hypothesis<\/a> web annotation software, students in this course were able to annotate the text and provide comments on their reading and supply additional visual and textual materials relevant to the text.<\/p>\n<p>Visit this book&#8217;s website to read <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/toklas\/\">online<\/a> or download for off-line reading.&nbsp; Annotations made in the public Hypothesis layer are available for view; annotations made in the course group layer are private.<\/p>\n<h3>License Terms<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/toklas\/\">The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas<\/a> is in the Public Domain in Canada.&nbsp; Annotations made available to the public using Hypothesis are also in the Public Domain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"book_profile_container\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"book_profile_image alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2020\/07\/tartuffe-768x994-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"354\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 274px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 274\/354;\">\n\n<div class=\"book_profile_text\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/\">Tartuffe<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by Moli\u00e8re<\/p>\n<p>This public domain text was used in THF 200 in the fall 2020 term.\n<\/p>\n<h3>License Terms<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/\">Tartuffe<\/a> is in the Public Domain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"book_profile_container\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"book_profile_image alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2020\/07\/paphnutius_cover-768x994-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"318\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 246px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 246\/318;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book_profile_text\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/paphnutius\/\">Paphnutius<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by Hrotsvitha\n\n<\/p>\n<p>This public domain text was used in THF 200 in the Fall 2020 term.\n<\/p>\n<h3>License Terms<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/paphnutius\/\">Paphnutius<\/a> is in the Public Domain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"book_profile_container\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"book_profile_image alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2021\/05\/miles.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"318\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 246px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 246\/318;\">\n\n<div class=\"book_profile_text\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/milesgloriosus\/\">Miles Gloriosus or the Braggard Captain<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by T. 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