Sequence and contents are under construction
This list will evolve to indicate all REQUIRED reading.
Other readings may be handed out as optional.
Books are listed according to the week in which we SEMINAR on the text.
weekone: The book as radical, sacred, and changing note(pdf)
A Book of the Book (pp 7-16,80-83, 99-102,)
(Handouts: Federman, Jabes, Borges, Kostelanetz + Drucker intro.)
For Friday: "Bookbinding for Book Artists": Part I (pp. )
(Parentheses indicate that the reading is a handout or only a portion of a program text)
Structure of the Visual Book +
(Century of Artists' Books (ch. 3 & 8)
Text in Book Format --photocopies
Cutting Edge of Reading--photocopies
A Book of the Book (pp 71-79))
Century of Artists' Books +
( The Cutting Edge of Reading All except "Altered Books"
A Book of the Book (pp 203-221, skim319-333))
weekfour: The rise of the book
The Gutenberg Galaxy (pp 1-9, 18-56, 63-77, 82-86, 105-111, 124-128, 130-133, 135-136, 141-144, 146-148, 151-158, 170-174, 181-183, 202-208, 212-218, 231-247, 250-252, 265-280)
(+ The Spell of the Sensuous -packet
Future of the Book (Intro - 133) ... already excerpted in packet
A Book of the Book (pp 178-185, 222-227, 251-256, 346-350, 504-518))
weekfive: Playing with worlds and words
Houseof Leaves +
(Imagining Language -packet
Writing Machines: preface, Chapter 1, 2, 8)
weeksix: The book as culture and consciousness
Gutenberg Elegies +
( The Future of the Book ...remaining
Writing Machines Chapter 3, 4)
new: Link to Lexia/Perplexia (see links column)
weekseven: Narrative, design, sequence
Undertsanding Comics
Jimmy Corrigan
(handouts:
A Book of the Book (pp 403-422, 445-466))
weekeight: Layers of interpretation
(Writing Machines (Ch 5, 6)
House of Leaves +
(Imagining Language -"words in freedom"
Writing Machines: preface, Chapter 1, 2, 8
A Book of the Book (pp 17-24, 375, 423-430))
weeknine: The book is what you make it
Student writing + Review
weekten: Imagining books
Student art work
readings:
Books to buy:
The Century of Artists' Books, Drucker ***This book is out of print-- it will be available as a photocopy in the bookstore
The Gutenberg Galaxy, McLuhan
Writing Machines, Hayles
Humument, Philips***This book is out of print, so will not be required to purchase. Please do so if you think you will like it. Otherwise, I will show slides and pass out photocopies in class. I may substitute another req'd text to take its place!
Understanding Comics, McCloud
Structure of the Visual Book, Smith
Jimmy Corrigan (comic book), Ware
A Book of the Book, Rothemberg
The Gutenberg Elegies, Birkerts
Bookbinding for Book Artists, Smith
House of Leaves, Danielewski
Books we will excerpt:
The Cutting Edge of Reading
Imagining Language
Text in the Book Format
+ Writings by Raymond Federman, Richard Kostelanetz, Edmond Jabes, Jorge Borges, Italo Calvino, Ben Marcus
LINKS
GO TO Steve's Home page:
discussion of "bookness" (weird)
The battle over books in the digital...
Book arts in the USA --Center for Book Arts
Hypertext