Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. I. From History o Method
7. 1. Why Textual Scholarship Matters 19
8. 2. “The Inorganic Organization of Memory” 32
9. 3. Memory. History, Philosophy, Philology 49
10. II. From Theory to Method
11. 4. The Documented World 77
12. 5. Marking Texts in Many Dimensions 90
13. 6. Digital Tools and the Emergence of the Social Text 113
14. III. From Method to Practice
15. 7. What do Scholars Want? 127
16. 8. Philological Investigations I. The Example of Poe 147
17. 9. Philological Investigations II. A Page from Cooper 168
18. Conclusion. Pseudodoxia Academica; or, Literary Studies in a Global Age 199
19. Notes 209
20. Acknowledgments 231
21. Index 233