{"product_id":"9781350345751","title":"Herman Melville and the Digital Humanities Codes, Computation, and Literature in a Contested World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHerman Melville and the Digital Humanities\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCodes, Computation, and Literature in a Contested World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChristopher Ohge | Anthony Mandal | Jenny Kidd\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerman Melville has long been considered an experimental and enigmatic author, but only recently have the techniques of digital humanities made it possible to reveal new aspects of his genius. \u003ci\u003eHerman Melville and the Digital Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study to demonstrate how computational methods can deepen our appreciation of Melville's work and the importance of the material text.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy integrating text encoding, text analysis, editorial theory, and book history, \u003ci\u003eHerman Melville and the Digital Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e presents case studies leveraging data from Ohge's extensive collaborative work on \u003ci\u003eMelville's Marginalia Online\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMelville Electronic Library\u003c\/i\u003e. Using a pragmatic, mixed-methods approach, it shows how researchers can navigate 'fluid texts'-such as the eight stages of composition found in the \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/i\u003e manuscript-to pinpoint how revision functions as both textual phenomena and critical metaphors of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe study also situates Melville's nineteenth-century innovations within contemporary debates on Artificial Intelligence. By juxtaposing Melville's scrivener Bartleby with the 'mettlesome poet', Ohge argues that while digital tools are now indispensable research facilitators, they can never replace the human experience of archival research, close reading and sympathetic engagement with literature. What is needed is a set of critical tools to determine the most responsible uses of digital tools. Computational approaches offer not a departure from the book as object, but rather a sophisticated means of recovering and modelling its contingent, material reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, this monograph centres human ingenuity, highlighting the enduring value of adaptation, ranging from reader responses to musical and artistic performances of Melville's works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChristopher Ohge\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK, general editor of Melville's Marginalia Online and co-director of the Melville Electronic Library.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 June 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350345751\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52223162318988,"sku":"9781350345751","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350345751","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}