Distant Reading, Paperback

DescriptionJust as a traveler crossing a continent won't sense the curvature of the earth, one lifetime of reading can't grasp the largest patterns...

"David Drake [is] the reason a lot of people got started reading military science fiction, because it's always a good idea to start with the best."...

Deziri loves to read. She reads all the time and cannot wait to visit the library. Then, her imagination takes her to the distant places she's read...

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The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection t...

DescriptionMost contemporary digital studies are interested in distant-reading paradigms for large-scale literary history. This book asks what happ...

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DescriptionThe Victorian period has a strong tradition of poetry written by women. In this Companion, leading scholars deliver accessible and cutti...

Vacillating between the longue dur e and microhistory, between ideological critique and historical sympathy, between the contrary formalisms of clo...

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While teaching in Japan, Judith Pascoe was fascinated to discover the popularity that Emily Bront 's novel Wuthering Heights has enjoyed there. Nea...

DescriptionLittle is known about Arabia in the sixth century, yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched fro...

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Nick Carraway's mysterious neighbor Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light. As the summer unfolds, Nick is drawn into Gatsby's w...

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Do you believe that traditional education could be improved with the development of new technologies? Are you interested in learning the best pract...

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