Resourceful Reading
The New Empiricism, eResearch and Australian Literary Culture
Published on 11. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-1-920899-45-5 (ISBN)
Description
This collection provides the first comprehensive account of eResearch and the new empiricism as they are transforming the field of Australian literary studies in the twenty-first century. These effects are especially evident in the exponential expansion of the online research environment, the rise of book history, print culture studies, the history of reading and publishing, and in the resulting transformation of Australian literary criticism and history.
The essays range from accounts of the state of the discipline in its international contexts with a particular focus on future directions, to exemplary applications of empirical methods by leading critics and scholars. Reports on current large-scale online projects that represent a significant future direction of literary studies in Australia are also included. Together, they demonstrate the possibilities and the range of new empirical and electronic approaches to Australian literary studies.
The essays range from accounts of the state of the discipline in its international contexts with a particular focus on future directions, to exemplary applications of empirical methods by leading critics and scholars. Reports on current large-scale online projects that represent a significant future direction of literary studies in Australia are also included. Together, they demonstrate the possibilities and the range of new empirical and electronic approaches to Australian literary studies.
Reviews / Votes
'The impressive range of material assembled here demonstrates thatAustralian literary studies are alive and well and opens up new
perspectives for future study.' -- Margaret Sankey * The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
A5: Tankobon
Illustrations
11 b&w ill., 16 tables
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
727 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-920899-45-5 (9781920899455)
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Persons
About the editors:
Katherine Bode is an associate professor in literary and textual studies at Australian National University.
Robert Dixon is professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney. He is a general editor in Sydney University Press' Sydney Studies in Australian Literature series.
Katherine Bode is an associate professor in literary and textual studies at Australian National University.
Robert Dixon is professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney. He is a general editor in Sydney University Press' Sydney Studies in Australian Literature series.
Content
Contributors
Resourceful reading: a new empiricism in the digital age?
Katherine Bode and Robert Dixon
Section 1: the state and future of the discipline
1. Structures, networks, institutions: the new empiricism, book history and literary history
David Carter
2. The book, scholarly editing and the electronic edition
Paul Eggert
3. Old tricks for new dogs: resurrecting bibliography and literary history
Carol Hetherington
Section 2: case studies
4. Australian literature in the translation zone: Robert Dessaix and David Malouf
Robert Dixon
5. Australian literature in a world of books: a transnational history of Kylie Tennant's The Battlers
Roger Osborne
6. Books in selected Australian newspapers, December 1930
Robert Thomson and Leigh Dale
7. Magical numbers
Ivor Indyk
8. Emerging black writing and the University of Queensland Press
Deborah Jordan
9. Making Aboriginal history: the cultural mission in Australian book publishing and the publication of Henry Reynolds's The Other Side of the Frontier
Mark Davis
10. From British domination to multinational conglomeration? A revised history of Australian novel publishing, 1950-2007
Katherine Bode
11. Squinting at a sea of dots: visualising Australian readerships using statistical machine learning
Julieanne Lamond and Mark Reid
12. Is a picture worth 10,175 Australian novels?
Jason D. Ensor
13. Voices from the past: gender, politics and the anthology
Gillian Whitlock
Section 3: project reports
14. AustLit: creating a collaborative research space for Australian literary studies
Kerry Kilner
15. A place in stories: a report on the literature of Tasmania subset of the AustLit database
Tony Stagg and Philip Mead
16. AusStage: from database of performing arts to a performing database of the arts
Neal Harvey, Helena Grehan and Joanne Tompkins
17. Constructing APRIL: the Australian Poetry Resources Internet Library
John Tranter and Elizabeth Webby
18. An Australian reading experience database, 1788-
Patrick Buckridge
Index
Resourceful reading: a new empiricism in the digital age?
Katherine Bode and Robert Dixon
Section 1: the state and future of the discipline
1. Structures, networks, institutions: the new empiricism, book history and literary history
David Carter
2. The book, scholarly editing and the electronic edition
Paul Eggert
3. Old tricks for new dogs: resurrecting bibliography and literary history
Carol Hetherington
Section 2: case studies
4. Australian literature in the translation zone: Robert Dessaix and David Malouf
Robert Dixon
5. Australian literature in a world of books: a transnational history of Kylie Tennant's The Battlers
Roger Osborne
6. Books in selected Australian newspapers, December 1930
Robert Thomson and Leigh Dale
7. Magical numbers
Ivor Indyk
8. Emerging black writing and the University of Queensland Press
Deborah Jordan
9. Making Aboriginal history: the cultural mission in Australian book publishing and the publication of Henry Reynolds's The Other Side of the Frontier
Mark Davis
10. From British domination to multinational conglomeration? A revised history of Australian novel publishing, 1950-2007
Katherine Bode
11. Squinting at a sea of dots: visualising Australian readerships using statistical machine learning
Julieanne Lamond and Mark Reid
12. Is a picture worth 10,175 Australian novels?
Jason D. Ensor
13. Voices from the past: gender, politics and the anthology
Gillian Whitlock
Section 3: project reports
14. AustLit: creating a collaborative research space for Australian literary studies
Kerry Kilner
15. A place in stories: a report on the literature of Tasmania subset of the AustLit database
Tony Stagg and Philip Mead
16. AusStage: from database of performing arts to a performing database of the arts
Neal Harvey, Helena Grehan and Joanne Tompkins
17. Constructing APRIL: the Australian Poetry Resources Internet Library
John Tranter and Elizabeth Webby
18. An Australian reading experience database, 1788-
Patrick Buckridge
Index