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From manuscripts to corpus coding: a learning curve
On November 15, I gave a short talk at the seminar From Correspondence to Corpora at the University of Helsinki. My 10-minute talk was a confessione of sorts about some of the things I’ve learned over the years working on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluestocking Corpus, CEEC, corpus compilation, shortcomings nay problems, transcribing
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Pride and Prejudices: Women’s Writing of the Long Eighteenth Century
This year Chawton House Library celebrates its tenth anniversary as a research centre for women’s writing. The research institute organized a conference titled Pride and Prejudices: Women’s Writing of the Long Eighteenth Century in July 2013, in collaboration with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chawton House Library, Elizabeth Montagu, presentation, research, social network analysis, women's writing
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Why wasn’t Robert Lowth a Bluestocking? On historical network analysis and gender
I just finished reading Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade’s The Bishop’s Grammar: Robert Lowth and the Rise of Prescriptivism (OUP, 2011). This book includes an interesting network analysis of Robert Lowth (1710–1787), the 18th-century theologian, philologist, and author of the bestselling A … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluestockings, data, Elizabeth Carter, Elizabeth Montagu, evidence, gender, hannah more, historical network analysis, letter edition, letters, Robert Lowth, social network analysis
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