WRTG 4090 - Materiality of the Book

Meets with WRTG 6090. Through Medieval and early-American marginalia, the advent of the printing press, and the avante-garde's use of typography, this course studies the book as material object and fulcrum in cultural movements. The course examines theories of the book next to brief lessons on letterpress printing and bookbinding. Open to students of all ranges of experience.