
Forking Paths
Evolution and Divergence in Early Modern European Drama
Luca Giovannini(Author)
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1st Edition
Published on 21. May 2026
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Paperback/Softback
174 pages
978-3-8376-7962-5 (ISBN)
Description
The French théâtre classique, the English Renaissance and Restoration stage, the Spanish comedia nueva: by the late seventeenth century, European drama had crystallised into strikingly different traditions, each one with its own distinctive formal features. But how did this diversity arise? Drawing on a multilingual corpus of early modern plays and employing novel computational methods, Luca Giovannini offers here an empirical reconstruction of the evolution of dramatic literature in Europe between 1561 and 1710. Both a contribution to comparative literary history and a methodological proposal for the computational study of literary form, this book shows how quantitative approaches can help reshape long-standing humanistic debates.
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Auflage - Neueauflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
19
19 farbige Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-8376-7962-5 (9783837679625)
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Luca Giovannini, Universität Potsdam, Deutschland
Luca Giovannini, born in 1995, works as research coordinator for the Network for Digital Humanities at Universität Potsdam. After studying comparative literature in Turin, Warwick, and Cologne, he got a joint PhD in the same field from Universität Potsdam, and Università di Padova. His research mostly deals with the computational investigation of literary and cultural artefacts.