Author Archives: tclement

The ‘Death’ of the Scholarly Edition

Posted on October 13, 2005 by tclement

So, you know how Barthes and Foucault exploded our notions of author? And Barthes and Derrida took on the text? And Judith Butler informed us that gender and sexuality are constructions? I’m here to tell you that there is no … Continue reading →

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The list

Posted on October 13, 2005 by tclement

Here is the final, signed version (although you can’t see the signature) copy of my reading list. I know you (all so many of you) have been out there waiting for this moment.

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Digital editing and autobiographics

Posted on October 9, 2005 by tclement

*WARNING: the following is skeletal. It does not include citations, exceptions, or examples. In short, it is skeletal. I think there is a way in which the digital editing of modernist texts can inform textual studies (understood as criticism and … Continue reading →

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Summit on Digital Tools for the Humanities–Day Two

Posted on September 29, 2005 by tclement

Wow. That’s a lot for one day. This is a break down of the major points of interest. I won’t parcel these out into tools because a single tool might incorporate many of these attributes. Major points of need that … Continue reading →

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What’s the matter with matter? Summit on Digital Tools for the Humanities–Day One (Night One)

Posted on September 28, 2005 by tclement

A sound bite from the Plenary: Imagine building things that are unethical to unplug. I have to say that all the reading I’ve been doing for my exams has paid off tonight at the kickoff of the summit . This … Continue reading →

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More on Turing

Posted on September 21, 2005 by tclement

I’m still working these thoughts out but it seems to me that Turing, while he constructs a “univesal machine” that facilitates postmodern and poststructuralist communications/representations/relationships etc. was working from a perspective that seems Modernist. That is, he anticipates his universal … Continue reading →

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Two Turing questions to all . . .

Posted on September 19, 2005 by tclement

While Grand Text Auto’s entry on Strachey (and Turing) says that “the publication, in 1937, of Alan Turing�s �On Computable Numbers�” wasn’t it published in 1936? AND Why isn’t Turing a Modernist?

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Thinking through some thoughts: Part One of many meanderings

Posted on September 19, 2005 by tclement

If you want to go straight to my questions about Modernism, materiality, and the digital medium, please jump. It’s been suggested by my advisor that I start blogging about my readings. I immediately ask myself a few questions. Why write … Continue reading →

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Modernism class

Posted on August 31, 2005 by tclement

I found this very cool course syllabus with modernism stuff. I personally feel (though not a pithy comment at all) overjoyed at the fact that I NEVER tire of reading books/articles/sites/syllabi about Modernism. I love it. If you’re out there, … Continue reading →

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Writing Machines

Posted on August 28, 2005 by tclement

I haven’t written anything in forever (studying for exams makes me mute), but I have to note how cool the Web Supplement to Hayles’ Writing Machines is–it’s pretty cool. It makes a great point of remarking upon its own method … Continue reading →

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