SSR#1 Rewrite
Section I: Thesis Citation: Finkelstein, David, and Alistair McCleery. The Book History Reader. London: Routledge, 2002. Print. Thesis: “Bibliography is the discipline that studies texts as recorded forms, and the processes of their transmission, including their production and reception” (29). Restate the Thesis: The discipline of bibliography studies all texts as records with an attempt to understand the transfer, production, and reception of these documents. Bibliography furthermore focuses on not just… Read More
SSR: D.F. McKenzie / Stephen Pacheco
3 Rhetorical Strategies From the Text, Covered in SSR: Using an extended “exemplary case” (i.e. Congreve’s Prologue”) to provide a concrete example of an argument in a way that makes the point for the author, reinforcing their conclusions and providing a basis for their beliefs Providing an updated definition for a phrase or term that corrects the flaws of an accepted or classic version rooted in historical inaccuracies or complications… Read More
McKenzie SSR
McKenzie, D. F. “The Book as an Expressive Form.” The Book History Reader. Ed. David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery. New York: Routledge, 2002. 27-38. Print. Thesis: “Bibliography is the discipline that studies texts as recorded forms, and the processes of their transmission, including their production and reception… the study of the sociology of texts” (29). McKenzie criticizes and builds upon Walter Greg’s definition of bibliography, which did not pay attention to symbolic… Read More
SSR#1
Katie Gomulkiewicz Word Art SSR#1 February 1st 2016 Section I: Thesis Citation: Finkelstein, David, and Alistair McCleery. The Book History Reader. London: Routledge, 2002. Print. Thesis: “Bibliography is the discipline that studies texts as recorded forms, and the processes of their transmission, including their production and reception” (29). Restate the Thesis: The discipline of bibliography studies all texts as records with an attempt to understand the transfer, production, and reception… Read More
SSR – D. F. McKenzie “The Book as an Expressive Form”
McKenzie, D.F. “The Book As An Expressive Form.” The Book History Reader. Ed. David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery. New YorkRoutledge, 2002. 27-38. Print. Thesis: “I am convinced that the premise informing Greg’s classic statement […] is no longer adequate as a definition of what bibliography is and does […] The principle I wish to suggest as basic is simply this: bibliography is the discipline that studies texts as recorded forms, and the… Read More
SSR on McKenzie’s “The Book as an Expressive Form”
Vita Dadoo Lomeli Dr. Churchill English 393: Word Art 1 February 2016 Secondary Source Report: “The Book as an Expressive Form” by D.F. McKenzie McKenzie, D.F. “The Book as an Expressive Form.” The Book History Reader. Ed. David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery. New York: Routledge, 2002. 27-38. Print. Thesis: “My purpose in these lectures (27) … is simply to consider anew what bibliography us and how it relates to other disciplines…The principle… Read More
D.F. McKenzie SSR
McKenzie, D.F. “The Book as An Expressive Form.” The Book History Reader. Ed. David Finkelstein, Alistair McCleery. New York: Routledge, 2002. 27-38 Print. I. Throughout the essay McKenzie explores the historical definition and importance of bibliography. The thesis updates the definition and ideology of bibliographies to “the discipline that studies texts as recorded forms, and the processes of their transmission, including their production and reception” (29). According to Sir Walter… Read More