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The Resource A new republic of letters : memory and scholarship in the age of digital reproduction, Jerome McGann

A new republic of letters : memory and scholarship in the age of digital reproduction, Jerome McGann

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"A manifesto for the humanities in the digital age, A New Republic of Letters argues that the history of texts, together with the methods by which they are preserved and made available for interpretation, are the overriding subjects of humanist study in the twenty-first century. Theory and philosophy, which have grounded the humanities for decades, no longer suffice as an intellectual framework. Jerome McGann proposes we look instead to philology-a discipline which has been out of fashion for many decades but which models the concerns of digital humanities with surprising fidelity. For centuries, books have been the best way to preserve and transmit knowledge. But as libraries and museums digitize their archives and readers abandon paperbacks for tablet computers, digital media are replacing books as the repository of cultural memory. While both the mission of the humanities and its traditional modes of scholarship and critical study are the same, the digital environment is driving disciplines to work with new tools that require major, and often very difficult, institutional changes. Now more than ever, scholars need to recover the theory and method of philological investigation if the humanities are to meet their perennial commitments. Textual and editorial scholarship, often marginalized as a narrowly technical domain, should be made a priority of humanists attention."--Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
Contents
  • Part I. From history to method
  • Why textual scholarship matters
  • "The inorganic organization of memory"
  • Memory : history, philosophy, philology
  • Part II. From theory to method
  • The documented world
  • Marking texts in many dimensions
  • Digital tools and the emergence of the social text
  • Part III. From method to practice
  • What do scholars want?
  • Decentered culture and critical method : the example of Poe
  • The title page of the pioneers : a philological case study
  • Conclusion: Pseudodoxia academica, or, Literary studies in a global age
Isbn
9780674369245
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A new republic of letters : memory and scholarship in the age of digital reproduction
Title
A new republic of letters
Title remainder
memory and scholarship in the age of digital reproduction
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Jerome McGann
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"A manifesto for the humanities in the digital age, A New Republic of Letters argues that the history of texts, together with the methods by which they are preserved and made available for interpretation, are the overriding subjects of humanist study in the twenty-first century. Theory and philosophy, which have grounded the humanities for decades, no longer suffice as an intellectual framework. Jerome McGann proposes we look instead to philology-a discipline which has been out of fashion for many decades but which models the concerns of digital humanities with surprising fidelity. For centuries, books have been the best way to preserve and transmit knowledge. But as libraries and museums digitize their archives and readers abandon paperbacks for tablet computers, digital media are replacing books as the repository of cultural memory. While both the mission of the humanities and its traditional modes of scholarship and critical study are the same, the digital environment is driving disciplines to work with new tools that require major, and often very difficult, institutional changes. Now more than ever, scholars need to recover the theory and method of philological investigation if the humanities are to meet their perennial commitments. Textual and editorial scholarship, often marginalized as a narrowly technical domain, should be made a priority of humanists attention."--Publisher's description
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McGann, Jerome J
Dewey number
001.3
Index
index present
Language note
In English
LC call number
AZ186
LC item number
.M35 2014eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Humanities
  • Humanities
  • Memory
  • Learning and scholarship
  • Communication in learning and scholarship
  • Digital media
  • Internet
  • Globalization
  • Social change
  • REFERENCE
  • EDUCATION
  • Communication in learning and scholarship
  • Digital media
  • Globalization
  • Humanities
  • Humanities
  • Internet
  • Learning and scholarship
  • Memory
  • Social change
  • Philologie
  • Digital Humanities
  • Paradigmenwechsel
  • Forschungsmethode
  • Geschichte
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A new republic of letters : memory and scholarship in the age of digital reproduction, Jerome McGann
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Part I. From history to method -- Why textual scholarship matters -- "The inorganic organization of memory" -- Memory : history, philosophy, philology -- Part II. From theory to method -- The documented world -- Marking texts in many dimensions -- Digital tools and the emergence of the social text -- Part III. From method to practice -- What do scholars want? -- Decentered culture and critical method : the example of Poe -- The title page of the pioneers : a philological case study -- Conclusion: Pseudodoxia academica, or, Literary studies in a global age
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871257774
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9780674369245
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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10.4159/9780674369245
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22573/ctt65v50g
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not applicable
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unknown
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Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)871257774
Label
A new republic of letters : memory and scholarship in the age of digital reproduction, Jerome McGann
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. From history to method -- Why textual scholarship matters -- "The inorganic organization of memory" -- Memory : history, philosophy, philology -- Part II. From theory to method -- The documented world -- Marking texts in many dimensions -- Digital tools and the emergence of the social text -- Part III. From method to practice -- What do scholars want? -- Decentered culture and critical method : the example of Poe -- The title page of the pioneers : a philological case study -- Conclusion: Pseudodoxia academica, or, Literary studies in a global age
Control code
871257774
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780674369245
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.4159/9780674369245
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt65v50g
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)871257774

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