Textual Studies and the Enlarged Eighteenth Century: Precision as Profusion

Scholars, librarians, students, and database vendors have all applauded the increase in access to rare, old, venerated, and obscure texts that has resulted from the rise of electronic resources. Almost everyone associated with any branch of cultural history has heard the claims about unlimited research opportunity and the rediscovery of overlooked sources. But are these claims true? Have high-tech systems and methods enhanced or inhibited scholarship?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611484421
• ISBN13: 9781611484427
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher