The Shakespearean Archive
Experiments in New Media from the Renaissance to Postmodernity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23765639 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Galey (0000-0003-2757-6248, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Shakespearean Archive (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139629201 |
| OpenAlex | W4231464323 |
| ISBN | 9781139629201 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Why is Shakespeare so often associated with information technologies and with the idea of archiving itself? Alan Galey explores this question through the entwined histories of Shakespearean texts and archival technologies over the past four centuries. In chapters dealing with the archive, the book, photography, sound, information, and data, Galey analyzes how Shakespeare became prototypical material for publishing experiments, and new media projects, as well as for theories of archiving and computing. Analyzing examples of the Shakespearean archive from the seventeenth century to today, he takes an original approach to Shakespeare and new media that will be of interest to scholars of the digital humanities, Shakespeare studies, archives, and media history. Rejecting the idea that current forms of computing are the result of technical forces beyond the scope of humanist inquiry, this book instead offers a critical prehistory of digitization read through the afterlives of Shakespeare's texts.
Art · Digital humanities · Digitization · History of the book · Humanism · Humanities · Literature · New media · Publishing · Scope (computer science) · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |