McGann Response
McGann uses a line from Swinburne about humans being the masters of all things to argue that despite its digital form, digital humanities is just another thing for humans to master. He suggests that digital humanities should be seen as another tool, like paper or pen, to better conduct research and/or convey literature to the […]
McGann and the inevitable evolution of the humanities
McGann views the movement into the digital humanities as an inevitability—a part of our social evolution predicted by the human drive to learn and master new things. He argues that “Men (and women) are indeed called to the mastery of things” (62), meaning that part of what makes us human is our desire for learning […]
Response to McGann
McGann’s essay on the digital humanities consists on the evolution of what the digital humanities will consist of. Mcgann’s idea of digital humanities is represented in different ways. On page 56, McGann goes on to explain how the digital humanities is hard because it is always changing and with it always changing, it is hard […]
Responding to McGann
McGann’s image of the humanist—and a kind of humanism—seems to be at the heart of his approach to this shift in our field. As the line McGann lifts from Swineburn reveals, McGann believes it is fundamentally human to work with things, to build things, to see ourselves in ripples of the pond after tossing in […]
9/12: McGann Blog Prompt
In his essay “Information Technology and the Troubled Humanities,” Jerome McGann summarizes what it means to be a humanist with the help of a famous quotation from the poet Charles Swinburne. “Glory to man in the highest, for man is the master of things,” is Swinburne’s contention (qtd. 62). McGann extrapolates from this, arguing that […]
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland New Cover
New Cover Design for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Historically the majority of the book covers have always held a classic and traditional feel to them, following the period of time they were associated with during their publishing. Many of these book covers started out with simple designs, often hand drawn that eluded to the idea […]
Utopia Redesign
The redesign for this book cover was quite an enjoyably frustrating task because I had a million different ideas and also no idea how to use Photoshop prior to this assignment. I reinstalled it on my computer and kept a tab on Google open to give myself some instruction along the way. It worked […]
Catch 22 Book Cover
After revisiting my previous blog post and looking at the numerous covers that have emerged since the first publication of catch 22, I revised my cover from the ideas I had after the first assignment. In my search for images related to world war 2, Italy, Mannequins and whatnot I came across the image that […]
Mustaches and Monocles: The short life of Daisy Miller
Some of my favorite book covers in the last few years have been minimalist redesigns. For example, lots of designers have taken the opportunity to redesign the Harry Potter set. I am a little surprised that I ended up this way, considering my original plan. I was originally frustrated with many of the Daisy Miller covers […]
‘The Sun Also Rises’ redesign
In my first blog post analyzing the past and current book cover designs for The Sun Also Rises, I included images for the 2003 book cover (on the left) and the 2006 book cover (on the right), discussing the bull and bull fighter imagery present on both covers. I noted the importance of these images and […]
