Blicher Commentary

Blicher Commentary

G.L. Way

Fall 2017

Jane Blicher

For my Experimental Bibliography of "Learning at a Loss", I wanted to create a visual representation of the path that the novel took from the moment it became an idea in the author's mind to when the reader finishes reading it. This details the location of the author, the place the book was published, the types of place that a person could have purchased it, and some places where they would have read it. All of these events are laid out on a path with graphic depictions of each step. My goal was to give the journey of the physical novel its own narrative, and to highlight some aspects of a traditional bibliography such as who the author and publisher are, that can easily be glossed over when a person just casually reads the novel.

For my Experimental Bibliography of "Learning at a Loss", I want to create a visual representation of the path that the novel took from the moment it became an idea in the author's mind to when the reader finishes reading it. This gives meaning to some elements of traditional bibliographies that are often overlooked, such as place of publication and locations that the book was sold.