Book History and Digital Humanities in the Long Eighteenth Century
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چکیده
This article examines the current state of research at intersections book history and digital humanities within field eighteenth-century studies. It addresses popular intellectual origins nexus between surveys developments in this area studies last decade. The trends field, with a particular focus on large-scale corpora databases use distant reading methods, assesses what directions future might hold for long eighteenth century.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eighteenth-Century Studies
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1086-315X', '0013-2586']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ecs.2021.0091