What can digital humanities do for literary adaptation studies: distant reading of children's editions of Robinson Crusoe.

While digital humanities has emerged as a cutting-edge research trend in the humanities over the past two decades, its application in literary research is still scarce. At present, the field of digital humanities for literary studies is largely focused on theoretical development, critical reflection...

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Publicado en:Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 1564 - 1577
Autor principal: Hui, Haifeng
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Dec2023
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