Digital Literary Studies: Corpus Approaches To Poetry, Prose, And Drama (routledge Advances In Corpus Linguistics)

__Digital Literary Studies__ presents a broad and varied picture of the promise and potential of methods and approaches that are crucially dependent upon the digital nature of the literary texts it studies and the texts and collections of texts with which they are compared. It focuses on style, diction, characterization, and interpretation of single works and across larger groups of texts, using both huge natural language corpora and smaller, more specialized collections of texts created for specific tasks, and applies statistical techniques used in the narrower confines of authorship attribution to broader stylistic questions. It addresses important issues in each of the three major literary genres, and intentionally applies different techniques and concepts to poetry, prose, and drama. It aims to present a provocative and suggestive sample intended to encourage the application of these and other methods to literary studies. Hoover, Culpeper, and O’Halloran push the methods, techniques, and concepts in new directions, apply them to new groups of texts or to new questions, modify their nature or method of application, and combine them in innovative ways. Digital Literary Studies Presents A Broad And Varied Picture Of The Promise And Potential Of Methods And Approaches That Are Crucially Dependent Upon The Digital Nature Of The Literary Texts It Studies And The Texts And Collections Of Texts With Which They Are Compared. It Focuses On Style, Diction, Characterization, And Interpretation Of Single Works And Across Larger Groups Of Texts, Using Both Huge Natural Language Corpora And Smaller, More Specialized Collections Of Texts Created For Specific Tasks, And Applies Statistical Techniques Used In The Narrower Confines Of Authorship Attribution To Broader Stylistic Questions. It Addresses Important Issues In Each Of The Three Major Literary Genres, And Intentionally Applies Different Techniques And Concepts To Poetry, Prose, And Drama. It Aims To Present A Provocative And Suggestive Sample Intended To Encourage The Application Of These And Other Methods To Literary Studies. Hoover, Culpeper, And O Halloran Push The Methods, Techniques, And Concepts In New Directions, Apply Them To New Groups Of Texts Or To New Questions, Modify Their Nature Or Method Of Application, And Combine Them In Innovative Ways-- Chapter 1 Introduction / David L. Hoover, Jonathan Culpeper, Kieran Ohalloran -- Chapter 2 Keywords And Characterization: An Analysis Of Six Characters In Romeo And Juliet / Jonathan Culpeper -- Chapter 3 Developing Keyness And Characterization: Annotation / Jonathan Culpeper -- Chapter 4 The Moonstone And The Coquette: Narrative And Epistolary Style / David L. Hoover -- Chapter 5 A Conversation Among Himselves: Change And The Styles Of Henry James / David L. Hoover -- Chapter 6 Corpus-assisted Literary Evaluation / Kieran Ohalloran -- Chapter 7 Performance Stylistics: Deleuze And Guattari, Poetry, And (corpus) Linguistics / Kieran Ohalloran. David L. Hoover, Jonathan Culpeper, And Kieran O'halloran. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Digital Literary Studies presents a broad and varied picture of the promise and potential of methods and approaches that are crucially dependent upon the digital nature of the literary texts it studies and the texts and collections of texts with which they are compared. It focuses on style, diction, characterization, and interpretation of single works and across larger groups of texts, using both huge natural language corpora and smaller, more specialized collections of texts created for specific tasks, and applies statistical techniques used in the narrower confines of authorship attribution to broader stylistic questions. It addresses important issues in each of the three major literary genres, and intentionally applies different techniques and concepts to poetry, prose, and drama. It aims to present a provocative and suggestive sample intended to encourage the application of these and other methods to literary studies. Hoover, Culpeper, and O Halloran push the methods, techniques, and concepts in new directions, apply them to new groups of texts or to new questions, modify their nature or method of application, and combine them in innovative ways"-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 List of Figures 10 List of Tables 12 Acknowledgments 14 1 Introduction 16 2 Keywords and Characterization: An Analysis of Six Characters in Romeo and Juliet 24 3 Developing Keyness and Characterization: Annotation 50 4 The Moonstone and The Coquette: Narrative and Epistolary Style 79 5 A Conversation Among Himselves: Change and the Styles of Henry James 105 6 Corpus-Assisted Literary Evaluation 135 7 Performance Stylistics: Deleuze and Guattari, Poetry, and (Corpus) Linguistics 161 Glossary 190 References 198 Index 210 The book presents a varied picture of the possibilities of digital literary studies in the areas of style, diction, and characterization. It uses both huge natural language corpora and smaller, more specialized collections of texts created for specific tasks, and provocatively applies statistical techniques to broader literary and stylistic questions.