Mapping Digitally, Mapping Deep:Exploring Digital Literary Geographies
Keywords:
Digital Humanities, GIS, maps, virtual globes, distant reading, close readingAbstract
This 'Thinking Space' piece considers the relationship between distant and close approaches to reading literary geographies. Specifically, it outlines recent developments in digital literary mapping, and suggests how the incorporation of these technologies in literary studies can advance new insights in the field.References
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