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Ted Underwood deposited Distant Reading and Recent Intellectual History in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoLiterary scholars’ conversations about distant reading have spent too much time pitting it against close reading, and not enough time understanding connections to other disciplines. Distant reading is better understood as part of a methodological shift that has permitted humanists and social scientists to build stronger interdisciplinary connections.
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Ted Underwood deposited Distant Reading and Recent Intellectual History in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoLiterary scholars’ conversations about distant reading have spent too much time pitting it against close reading, and not enough time understanding connections to other disciplines. Distant reading is better understood as part of a methodological shift that has permitted humanists and social scientists to build stronger interdisciplinary connections.
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Ted Underwood deposited Distant Reading and Recent Intellectual History on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months ago
Literary scholars’ conversations about distant reading have spent too much time pitting it against close reading, and not enough time understanding connections to other disciplines. Distant reading is better understood as part of a methodological shift that has permitted humanists and social scientists to build stronger interdisciplinary connections.
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Ted Underwood's profile was updated on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months ago
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Ted Underwood became a registered member on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months ago
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Elaine Treharne's profile was updated on MLA Commons 10 years ago
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Elaine Treharne changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 10 years ago
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Benjamin Saltzman changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 9 months ago
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Elaine Treharne uploaded the file: Old English Division Committee's Letter to MLA President to
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 9 months agoThis three-page letter is the OE Committee’s response to the proposal that Old English, Middle English, and Chaucer might wish to reconfigure themselves into one new Division.
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Thank you for thinking through these issues in a powerful, well-formed reply to the myopic notion of merging O.E. and M.E. Divisions. John M. Hill
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Thank you for thinking through these issues in a powerful, well-formed reply to the myopic notion of merging O.E. and M.E. Divisions. John M. Hill
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This is an excellent response, and well argued. I hope that the MLA takes this matter and this response seriously. Thank you and all the rest of the authors for working on this letter.
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Terrific, thoughtful, compelling letter — thank you so much to the authors.
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Albrecht Classen started the topic Relevance of the Humanities: The Middle Ages in the forum
Welcome Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 12 months agoHello,
I published an article on the importance of the Humanities, arguing from a medieval perspective. The article appeared in Alfinge: Revista de Filología 24 (2012): 9-30.
I’d be happy to share a PDF. […]
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Elaine Treharne changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 13 years ago