Text Encoding Initiative Essays

  • What Makes A Good Digital Humanities

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    Digital Humanities is often defined as 'the intersection of computing and the disciplines of the humanities'. It combines aspects of computing and digitisation with traditional humanities subjects such as history, literature and politics. The development of this concept began in the 1940s, when research began to take the form of databases to store information (Kirschenbaum, 2010). Since then, developments in computing made it easier for the general public to access research material that may have

  • Francesca's Style in Canto V of Dante's Inferno

    5050 Words  | 11 Pages

    confession and judgment («dicono e odono e poi son giù volte», v. 15) is accomplished with dispatch and aesthetic distancing.1 Unlike Dante the wayfarer who will be moved to pity by Francesca's confession, Minos, the brutish judge, is not captivated by the texts provided by the sinners and seems to represent a fierce but orderly administration of justice. Within the moral architecture of the Commedia Francesca's own words identify and confirm the justice of her punishment, but as the structure a... ... middle

  • The Effect of Electronic Journals on Scholarly Communication

    10795 Words  | 22 Pages

    (Okerson, 1994) and 700+ in 1995. There has also been remarkable growth in the number of refereed electronic journals from 74 in 1994 to 142 in 1995 (Okerson, 1995). Maverick electronic journals are no longer alone on the Internet. A string of initiatives has placed a stunning amount of textual material on-line for purchase or direct retrieval. For example publishing companies and University p... ... middle of paper ... ...Shoaf, R.A. (1994) "Policing Electronic Journals." Surfaces, 4. http://tornade