{"product_id":"literary-simulation-and-the-digital-manuel-portela-9781501385391","title":"Literary Simulation and the Digital Humanities: Reading, Editing, Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can we use digital media to understand reading, editing, and writing as literary processes? How can we design the digital medium in a way that goes beyond the printed codex? This book is an attempt to answer those fundamental questions by bringing together a new theory of literary studies with a highly dynamic digital environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing the digital archive of the modernist masterpiece \u003ci\u003eBook of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e, by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), as case study and site for simulation and practical experiment, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Simulation and the Digital Humanities \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how computational approaches to texts can fully engage with the complexities of contemporary literary theory. Manuel Portela marshals a unique combination of theoretical speculation, literary analysis, and human imagination in what amounts to a significant critical intervention and a key advance in the use of digital methods to rethink the processes of reading and writing literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe foregrounding of the foundational practices of reading, editing, and writing will be relevant for several fields, including literary studies, scholarly editing, software studies, and digital humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manuel Portela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501385399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501385391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Manuel Portela","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634671775999,"sku":"9781501385391","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_448d8cbc-546b-447c-9a8b-58d920a079cc.jpg?v=1703590342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literary-simulation-and-the-digital-manuel-portela-9781501385391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}