http://electronicleaves.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:49:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en G. Thomas Tanselle.  "The Nature of Texts" from A Rationale of Textual Criticism (1989) Books are not what you think they are.  At least, not in G. Thomas Tanselle’s view, as carefully delineated in "The Nature of Texts."  According to Tanselle, the book is the material medium through which a literary ... http://electronicleaves.blogsome.com/2008/06/05/books-according-to-g-thomas-tanselle/ A must-listen during the stresses of Finals Week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9SyuPllvS8 http://electronicleaves.blogsome.com/2008/05/02/brilliant-banjo-music-from-musician-pan-wilson/ Opening my latest e-mail edition of NCTE, I noted the second of what surely are many articles and blurbs citing a new study about correlations between data gathered at RateMyProfessors.com and data gathered in the IDEA Student Evaluation System, which is used by around 275 colleges (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/25/rmp). As I read this ... http://electronicleaves.blogsome.com/2008/04/30/ncte-cites-inside-higher-ed-validation-for-ratemyprofessorscom/ Though it might seem like a strange question, it’s not.  Why have books turned out the way that they have, materially?  Why have they taken the form that they have today, and how might we see that form change in the future?  -It’s in part the nature of paper itself.  ... http://electronicleaves.blogsome.com/2008/03/28/what-is-a-book-why-is-it-a-book/ This blog will be pieced together in the midst of the ceaseless noise of everyday life: people talking to me, those sudden noises that make the mind skip its groove, the singing that never stops, music playing and then the interruption of music not playing suddenly, phones ringing, ringtones, buses ... http://electronicleaves.blogsome.com/2008/03/27/procrastination/