| Title: | ePhilology: When the Books Talk to Their Readers |
| Citable URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/10427/36132 |
| Author: | Crane, Gregory; Jones, Alison; Bamman, David |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Citation: | Crane, Gregory, David Bamman, and Alison Babeu. "ePhilology: When the Books Talk to Their Readers." In A Companion to Digital Literary Studies, edited by Ray Siemens and Susan Schreibman, 29-64, preprint. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Available from Tufts Digital Library, Digital Collections and Archives, Medford, MA. http://hdl.handle.net/10427/36132 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ |
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Abstract: Abstract: This paper suggests directions in which an ePhilology may evolve. Philology here implies that language and literature are the objects of study but assumes that language and literature must draw upon the full cultural context and thus sees in philological analysis a starting point for the scientia totius antiquitatis - the systematic study of all ancient culture. The term ePhilology implicitly states that, while our strategic goal may remain the scientia totius antiquitatis, the practices whereby we pursue this strategic goal must evolve into something qualitatively different from the practices of the past.