4. Distant Reading, ‘The Great Unread’, and Nineteenth Century British Conceptualizations of the Civilizing Mission: A Case Study
Franco Moretti's work on ‘the great unread’ raises serious questions for any field. In the field of new imperial history, I am especially interested in how the use of distant reading to access “the great unread’ can inform our study of imperial and colonial discourses. To stimulate research in...
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| Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas |
| Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/3201 |