Shakespeare source study in the age of Google: revisiting Greenblatt's elephants and Horatio's ground
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Chapter Title | Shakespeare source study in the age of Google: revisiting Greenblatt's elephants and Horatio's ground |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
Book Title | Rethinking Shakespeare Source Study: Audiences, Authors, and Digital Technologies |
Authors | Greatley-Hirsch, Brett (Author) and Johnson, Laurie (Author) |
Editors | Britton, Dennis Austin and Walter, Melissa |
Volume | 32 |
Page Range | 253-278 |
Series | Routledge Studies in Shakespeare |
Chapter Number | 12 |
Number of Pages | 26 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISBN | 9781138123076 |
9781315649061 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315649061 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315649061-17/shakespeare-source-study-age-google-brett-greatley-hirsch-laurie-johnson |
Abstract | This chapter considers how the new approaches can be used to examine the phrase with which some scholars might have once imagined the door to source study to be slammed shut. It offers two case studies focused on the sources of Hamlet to demonstrate the possibilities and pitfalls of these new approaches to William Shakespeare "sources" and "source study" while discussing their methodological implications. The chapter argues that an approach driven by a desire to identify a single source text tends to ignore the company that writers keep: the human element must not be forgotten. It suggests that perhaps with only a slight sense of irony, that the proliferation of searchable information on the internet allows us to gauge a better sense of this human element. The chapter considers the rich array of sources for the name of Amleth, pointing to a long history of potential source relationships preceding that between Hamlet and one or another Amleth tale. |
Keywords | William Shakespeare; Hamlet; sources; digital humanities |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470504. British and Irish literature |
470530. Stylistics and textual analysis | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
School of Arts and Communication | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q491z/shakespeare-source-study-in-the-age-of-google-revisiting-greenblatt-s-elephants-and-horatio-s-ground
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