Romantic poetry and technical breakthrough: the Charles Harpur Critical Archive
This talk will show a new technical solution to an abiding problem – presenting a large body of literary works in multiple versions. It has been trialled in The Charles Harpur Critical Archive, due to be published in June.
Harpur’s work in New South Wales in the mid-19th century makes a perfect case study of the technology. His verses made 900 appearances in the press, but publishing opportunities for him other than in newspapers were almost non-existent. A digital solution addresses the textual problems that defeated the attempts to capture the full range of his poetic achievement in book form.
This talk is co-hosted by the Bodleian Libraries’ Centre for the Study of the Book and Centre for Digital Scholarship.
Date:
7 March 2018, 13:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Hilary 2018)
Venue:
Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speakers:
Speaker to be announced
Organising department:
Bodleian Libraries
Organiser:
Pip Willcox (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
janet.walwyn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Pip Willcox (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Part of:
Research Uncovered: public talks on digital scholarship
Booking required?:
Not required
Booking url:
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2018/mar/charles-harpur
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Pip Willcox
