1st Edition

Digital Humanities

By James O'Sullivan Copyright 2027
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers an accessible introduction to the digital humanities, with a particular focus on literary studies. It explains key debates and definitions of digital humanities, tracing the field from its origins in Father Roberto Busa’s pioneering computational work on the texts of Thomas Aquinas in the 1940s through to the challenges and possibilities posed by artificial intelligence and... Read more

Series Editor’s Preface; 1. What are the Digital Humanities?; 2. DH as Methods, Theory or Sharing; 3. Computation for Criticism; 4. Digital Literature; 5. Digital Publishing; 6. The Dark Side of DH; 7. Digital Humanities Futures; Index

Biography

James O’Sullivan is Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University College Cork, Ireland, where he conducts empirical research on literature and explores the changing nature of culture and cultural production in the digital age.