Last Updated on submit comments or suggestions. (Note: All other texts will be available on the course website both Bibliomania and Bouvard et Pecuchet are in Public Domain are available for free online)Įxaminations and Assignments: Two short written Library assignments (2-4pp), two medium-length essays (5-7pp.) one syllabus-entry assignment (5pp), and one longer research paper (12-15pp.)Īdditional Requirements and/or Comments: This course fulfills the Theory requirement and contributes to the Theory & Literary Forms concentration of the English major. Nourbese Philip, ZONG (Wesleyan University Press 2011)Ĭolson Whitehead, THE INTUITIONIST (Anchor Books) Mark Daniliewski, HOUSE OF LEAVES (Pantheon, 2nd ed., 2000), Geraldine Brooks, PEOPLE OF THE BOOK (2008) Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstoreĭavid Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery, INTRODUCTION TO BOOK HISTORY (Routledge, 2012) Team 17 announced today the release of Worms Special Edition on Mac. Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above Our discussions of bibliomania and the preservation impulse of archivists and book collectors will be accompanied by practical exercises with physical books in Special Collections.Ĭourse Format: Lecture / Discussion Grading Mode: Gradedįulfills a Major Requirement for: ( CSCT)( CWRC)( ENGL)( ENGL-Literature) This means that we will be tracing the evolution of reading and writing as technologies on the one hand, and reading literary representations of this evolution on the other. The course has a two-pronged focus: the history of the evolution of the book as medium and the literature on the creation, collecting, and circulation of books. Loving books thus amounts to more than reading text, it often involves a relationship with the physical objects of books. Scribes, Book Worms, and Bibliomaniacs: The Thrall of the Book ENGL 355Ĭertificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory, WritingĮven in the age of electronic and audiobooks one still hears book lovers exclaim on the unique sensation of "holding the physical book," the smell of its pages, and the pleasures (or transgressions) of being able to write notes in one's own physical copy. Summer Session Winter Session Home Archive Search Scribes, Book Worms, and Bibliomaniacs: The Thrall of the Book ENGL 355 WesMaps - Wesleyan University Catalog 2018-2019
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