Mark Vareschi
Biographic Data
| ID | 2038098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Vareschi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Vareschi |
| SIGNATURE | VARESCHI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5315-9598 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Daniel Defoe in Context
Surveillance Studies and Literature of the Long 18th Century
This essay begins with a general survey of current work in surveillance studies with a particular emphasis on the work in literary studies; it moves then to show the centrality of the 18th century to any account of surveillance or surveillance culture. It concludes with suggestions of how scholars of the literature of the long 18th century might contribute to the field surveillance studies and expand its historical and methodological scope
Archives, Numbers, Meaning
As a necessary precondition of large-scale digital humanities projects, texts, archival materials, and historical individuals must become data—a process that involves choices about collection, curation, and preparation. While scholars of media and digital culture make clear the mediated and constructed nature of data, practitioners of “distant reading” and related methods have been less inclined to offer a transparent account of their materials. …
Motive, Intention, Anonymity, and Evelina
Named authorship is one of the central enabling unities of literary study. In the absence of an authorial name, we often inquire of the authorial motives behind anonymous publication as if such motives were knowable or relevant to the interpretation of the text or, indeed, to the history of anonymity or authorship.Taking as a case study the often-noted and analyzed anonymity of Evelina (1778), I demonstrate the difficulty and inutility of imputin…
Attribution and Repetition
While much scholarly attention has been paid to attributing or de-attributing the texts associated with Daniel Defoe properly, less attention has been paid to the process of attribution itself and the context in which these attributions were made. This essay examines the various means through which Francis Noble and his brother John represented the authorial relationship between Defoe, Roxana, and Moll Flanders between 1775 and 1787 and analyzes …
Archives, Numbers, Meaning
As a necessary precondition of large-scale digital humanities projects, texts, archival materials, and historical individuals must become data—a process that involves choices about collection, curation, and preparation. While scholars of media and digital culture make clear the mediated and constructed nature of data, practitioners of “distant reading” and related methods have been less inclined to offer a transparent account of their materials. …
Attribution and Repetition
While much scholarly attention has been paid to attributing or de-attributing the texts associated with Daniel Defoe properly, less attention has been paid to the process of attribution itself and the context in which these attributions were made. This essay examines the various means through which Francis Noble and his brother John represented the authorial relationship between Defoe, Roxana, and Moll Flanders between 1775 and 1787 and analyzes …
Motive, Intention, Anonymity, and Evelina
Named authorship is one of the central enabling unities of literary study. In the absence of an authorial name, we often inquire of the authorial motives behind anonymous publication as if such motives were knowable or relevant to the interpretation of the text or, indeed, to the history of anonymity or authorship.Taking as a case study the often-noted and analyzed anonymity of Evelina (1778), I demonstrate the difficulty and inutility of imputin…
Archives, Numbers, Meaning
As a necessary precondition of large-scale digital humanities projects, texts, archival materials, and historical individuals must become data—a process that involves choices about collection, curation, and preparation. While scholars of media and digital culture make clear the mediated and constructed nature of data, practitioners of “distant reading” and related methods have been less inclined to offer a transparent account of their materials. …
Surveillance Studies and Literature of the Long 18th Century
This essay begins with a general survey of current work in surveillance studies with a particular emphasis on the work in literary studies; it moves then to show the centrality of the 18th century to any account of surveillance or surveillance culture. It concludes with suggestions of how scholars of the literature of the long 18th century might contribute to the field surveillance studies and expand its historical and methodological scope
Daniel Defoe in Context
History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature: history, themes, analysis (3 works)