Digital Humanities Seminar: Computational Approaches to Shakespeare, Then and Now
Digital Humanities Lab seminar series. Dr Brett Greatley-Hirsch (University of Leeds). Co-hosted with Centre for Early Modern Studies.
| A Digital Humanities seminar | |
|---|---|
| Speaker(s) | Dr Brett Greatley-Hirsch (University of Leeds) |
| Date | 25 November 2020 |
| Time | 15:30 to 16:30 |
| Place | This event will be held online via Zoom. |
| Organizer | University of Exeter Digital Humanities Lab |
Event details
Abstract
Scholars have counted things in Shakespeare long before the advent of the computer made the process more accurate, efficient and sophisticated. In this presentation, Brett Greatley-Hirsch situates computational analysis of Shakespeare's works within a longer history of quantitative literary study and offers a demonstration of PCA to explore patterns of language in Shakespeare's plays.
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Dr Brett Greatley-Hirsch is University Academic Fellow in Textual Studies and Digital Editing at the University of Leeds. He is a coordinating editor of Digital Renaissance Editions, co-editor of the journal Shakespeare, and a Trustee of the British Shakespeare Association. His book, Style, Computers, and Early Modern Drama: Beyond Authorship (2017, co-authored with Hugh Craig), brings together his research interests in early modern drama, computational stylistics, and literary history.
