Disposable Elements? Indications of Genre in Early Modern Titles

Sullivan, Ceri

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“…Preliminary work on genre identification was carried out by Tony McEnery at Lancaster University. 7 This involved computer-based identification of indicators of genre in titles (see also Schmied and Claridge 1997;Sullivan 2007;Orr 2011). McEnery decided to categorize the texts by working on their titles, which he decided had the quality of self-descriptions.…”

Section: Preliminary Work On Classifying Genresmentioning

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Shakespeare and his contemporaries: Designing a genre classification scheme for Early English Books Online 1560–1640

Murphy

2019

ICAME Journal

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The language of Early Modern texts can potentially reveal a lot about Shakespeare’s language. In this paper I describe the creation of a genre classification scheme for a segment of Early English Books Online – Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), covering the period 1560–1640. This categorisation permits meaningful comparison of the language of Shakespeare with that of his contemporaries and makes an integral contribution to The Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare’s Language project at Lancaster University. I outline the rationale behind the scheme, describe preliminary automatic genre classification work and present the prototype approach adopted for this categorisation. I also provide specific examples of classification in practice and discuss internal and external factors which influenced genre selection. I finish by suggesting how a range of scholars might benefit from this research.

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Section: Preliminary Work On Classifying Genresmentioning

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Shakespeare and his contemporaries: Designing a genre classification scheme for Early English Books Online 1560–1640

Murphy

2019

ICAME Journal

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“…149 Analytical images of instruments, plants, anato my, or cosmos diagrams undoubtedly worked as genre indications: their presence clearly signals that a book intends to convey 147 See above, note 13. 148 On visual and verbal cues of genre on early modern title pages, see Ratia and Suhr 2017;Pouspin 2017;Sullivan 2007;Franssen 1990, 96-97;Vermeulen 1986, 176-193. 149 Vermeulen 1986, 170, my translation.…”

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Woodcuts as Reading Guides

Leerdam

2023

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In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Low Countries saw the rise of a lively market for practical and instructive books that targeted non-specialist readers. This study shows how woodcuts in vernacular books on medicine and astrology fulfilled important rhetorical functions in knowledge communication. These images guided readers’ perceptions of the organisation, visualisation, and reliability of knowledge. Andrea van Leerdam uncovers the assumptions and intentions of book producers to which images testify, and shows how actual readers engaged with these illustrated books. Drawing on insights from the field of information design studies, she scrutinises the books’ material characteristics, including their lay-outs and traces of use, to shed light on the habits and interests of early modern readers. She situates these works in a culture where medicine and astrology were closely interwoven in daily life and where both book producers and readers were exploring the potential of images.

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“…As Besamusca points out, medieval and early modern terms to indicate genres are used inconsistently, they differ from those we use now, and we often do not know their precise meanings. See also Sullivan 2007. 16 E.g.…”

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Section: The Visual Rhetoric Of Usefulness: Images As Genre Indicatorsmentioning

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Woodcuts as reading guides. How images shaped knowledge transmission in medical-astrological books in Dutch (1500-1550)

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Disposable Elements? Indications of Genre in Early Modern Titles

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Shakespeare and his contemporaries: Designing a genre classification scheme for Early English Books Online 1560–1640

Shakespeare and his contemporaries: Designing a genre classification scheme for Early English Books Online 1560–1640

Woodcuts as Reading Guides

Woodcuts as reading guides. How images shaped knowledge transmission in medical-astrological books in Dutch (1500-1550)

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