September 18-- Project Bibliography

Bolter, Jay David, and Richard Grusin. Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.

Rather than seeing online and Internet resources as something new and unusual, Bolter and Grusin argue that new media is really an extension and recombination of older forms like painting, radio, television, and print.

Derrida, Jacques. Of Grammatology. Trans. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Corrected Edition. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.

Derrida explores the distance that exists between the signifier the signified. He believes that the closer that the signifier is to the signified, the more accurate it is. For this reason, he privileges spoken language over written language because speech is closer to the original thought. By writing, the signifier goes through two states, into spoken words, then into written words.

Pacey, Arnold. Meaning in Technology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.

Pacey argues that to understand technology, we also must "acknowledge and be ware of personal experience" (3). Further, people's "ideals and values in relation to technology" are affected by their "sense of purpose and meaning of life" (3). In other words, we do not interpret technology in a vacuum. Our response to technology is shaped by our values, experiences, and goals.

Williams, William Proctor, and Craig Abbott. An Introduction to Bibliographical and Textual Studies. Third. New York: Modern Langauge Association, 1999.

From un-standard spellings of compositors to revisions of proofs inserted by authors, Williams and Abbot argue that texts are altered every time they change form. The authors argue that study of "texts' composition, revision, physical embodiments, process of transmission, and manner of reception are central to a historical understanding of literature" (7). This work provide an overview of textual research, with chapters on "Analytical Bibliography," "Descriptive Bibliography," "A Text and Its Embodiments," "Textual Criticism," and "Editorial Procedure."