| Description |
1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Anthem scholarship in the digital age
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Reading by Numbers; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; Introduction A NEW HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN NOVEL; Chapter 1 LITERARY STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE; I Quantitative Method and its Critics; II Critical Quantifi cation: Book History and the Digital Humanities; Chapter 2 BEYOND THE BOOK: PUBLISHING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; I Book Publishing: 1830s to 1850s; II Serial Publishing; III The Cycle of Serial and Book Publishing; IV Book Publishing: 1860s to 1880s; V Book Publishing: 1890s; Chapter 3 NOSTALGIA AND THE NOVEL:LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD. |
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I British Domination? 1940s to 1960sII The Golden Age? 1970s to 1980s; III Multinational Domination? 1990s to 2000s; IV The End of Local Publishing? 1990s to 2000s; Chapter 4 RECOVERING GENDER: RETHINKING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; I Feminist Literary Criticism and the Nineteenth Century; II Serial Publishing; III Book Publishing: 1860s to 1880s; IV Gender and the 1890s; Chapter 5 THE 'RISE' OF THE WOMAN NOVELIST:POPULAR AND LITERARY TRENDS; I Male Domination? 1940s to 1960s; II Female Liberation? 1970s to 1980s; III Beyond Gender? 1990s to 2000s; Conclusion LITERARY STUDIESIN THE DIGITAL FUTURE. |
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NOTESIntroduction. A New History of the Australian Novel; Chapter 1. Literary Studies in the Digital Age; Chapter 2. Beyond the Book: Publishing in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 3. Nostalgia and the Novel: Looking Back, Looking Forward; Chapter 4. Recovering Gender: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 5. The 'Rise' of the Woman Novelist:Popular and Literary Trends; Conclusion. Literary Studies in the Digital Future; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
'Reading by Numbers: Recalibrating the Literary Field' explores the critical potential of digital and quantitative methods for producing new knowledge about literary and cultural history. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Australian literature -- History and criticism.
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Publishers and publishing -- Australia -- History.
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Booksellers and bookselling -- Australia -- History.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Australian & Oceanian.
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Australian literature. (OCoLC)fst00821454
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Booksellers and bookselling. (OCoLC)fst00836492
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Publishers and publishing. (OCoLC)fst01083463
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Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780857284549 0857284541 (DLC) 2012013680 |
| ISBN |
0857284568 (electronic bk.) |
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9780857284563 (electronic bk.) |
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9780857284549 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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0857284541 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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