John Unsworth – författare

In an attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice in postmodern studies, the essays that make up this volume illuminate some of the issues central to this provocative analytic approach. These works apply theory to practical subjects and, in the process, articulate new theoretical positions. Topics include the relations between food and the symbolic, AIDS and individuality, Marxist politics in the context of postmodernism, the consequences of technology for publishing, the idea of genre in hypertext and the new cinema, the limits of the networked body, the construction of ethnicity and gender in new literary work, and the politics of culture in Russian and Latin America. Originally appearing in the pioneering, peer-reviewed electronic journal Postmodern Culture, these essays appear here for the first time on the printed page. Idiosyncratic, risky, and inventive, the contributors bring fresh and unusual energy to a collection that will delight anyone interested in the application of postmodernist analysis to language, art, and culture.

The long history of textual editing and scholarship has been intimately involved with the physique of the book, which set limits on the presentation and study of text. Increasingly, since the 1980s, the written word has taken on a digital form, and the shift from codex to computer, from print to electronic media, creates new opportunities-and new difficulties.This volume offers an emerging consensus about the fundamental issues of electronic textual editing. It provides practical advice and faces theoretical questions. Its twenty-four essays deal with markup coding and procedures, electronic archive administration, use of standards (such as Unicode), rights and permissions, and the changing and challenging environment of the Internet. Some of the specific texts discussed are Greek and Latin inscriptions, the Gospel of John, the Canterbury Tales, William Blake's poems and art, Percy Bysshe Shelley's The Devil's Walk, Stijn Streuvels's De teleurgang van den Waterhoek, Ludwig Wittgenstein's Nachlass, and the papers of Thomas Edison.The guidelines of the MLA's Committee on Scholarly Editions, recently revised to address electronic editions, are included in full.

This highly-anticipated volume has been extensively revised to reflect changes in technology, digital humanities methods and practices, and institutional culture surrounding the valuation and publication of digital scholarship. A fully revised edition of a celebrated reference work, offering the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of research currently available in this rapidly evolving disciplineIncludes new articles addressing topical and provocative issues and ideas such as retro computing, desktop fabrication, gender dynamics, and globalizationBrings together a global team of authors who are pioneers of innovative research in the digital humanitiesAccessibly structured into five sections exploring infrastructures, creation, analysis, dissemination, and the future of digital humanitiesSurveys the past, present, and future of the field, offering essential research for anyone interested in better understanding the theory, methods, and application of the digital humanities

This highly-anticipated volume has been extensively revised to reflect changes in technology, digital humanities methods and practices, and institutional culture surrounding the valuation and publication of digital scholarship. A fully revised edition of a celebrated reference work, offering the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of research currently available in this rapidly evolving disciplineIncludes new articles addressing topical and provocative issues and ideas such as retro computing, desktop fabrication, gender dynamics, and globalizationBrings together a global team of authors who are pioneers of innovative research in the digital humanitiesAccessibly structured into five sections exploring infrastructures, creation, analysis, dissemination, and the future of digital humanitiesSurveys the past, present, and future of the field, offering essential research for anyone interested in better understanding the theory, methods, and application of the digital humanities

This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing. Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field.Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject.Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving.Accompanied by a website featuring supplementary materials, standard readings in the field and essays to be included in future editions of the Companion.