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Profhacker
No full textBrian Croxall Emory University Over the last five years, there have been countless articles written about the digital humanities. It’s been called both the savior and the death knell of scholarship in the twenty-first century. But what do we mean when we say “digital humanities”? How “digital” and how “humanities” need we be? Why is so much faith being placed in code and code words? In this presentation, Brian Croxall argues that digital humanists need to speak in code less frequently and that the rest of us probably speak more code than we realize.CLAH
Aesop's Fables Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices
No full textThis is a curious find. At first it seems very similar to two smaller books, published in 1839 and 1841, with which it shares the words emblematical devices and a title-page illustration of a man seated in the countryside with a scroll in hand and animals nearby. And in fact all three books present Croxall's preface and 110 of his fables. What is different here? This book is slightly larger in format (4 x almost 6½). Its illustrations are different and are generally mirror-opposites of the illustrations in those editions. It lacks the tail-pieces of the other books, and so has the smaller number of illustrations (111 with the frontispiece rather than the other books' upward of one hundred and fifty). It acknowledges Croxall as the author of the preface. It finishes on 266, not 228, and uses larger typeface. As in the other editions, it seems that the first paragraph of Croxall's Application is taken in each case. T of C at the front. At the back there are advertisements for (other) books published by J. Carpenter, J. Booker, and J. Carr. It has gilt-stamped leather. Its spine is chipped and cracked. See my comments on the 1839 edition.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Text and preface by Samuel Croxal
Distant Reading Duffy
No full textCuratorial note from Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: This assignment on using the Voyant online suite of tools for text analysis foregrounds the difference between traditional close reading approaches to a small number of texts and distant reading of a larger set of texts. In presenting the assignment, Brian Croxall emphasizes the ludic tradition in text analysis, reminding students that they are “operating here under the principle of experimentation that has guided our class” (cf. McGann and Samuels; Rockwell; Ramsay, “Hermeneutics”). This experimental attitude is important in introducing students to tools that help them see textual patterns in new ways. This assignment also asks students to contribute to the work of transcribing the texts for digital analysis. Making the labor of text preparation and cleaning evident to students demystifies the processes of text analysis and opens up conversations about textual transmission more generally
How to Not Read Hemingway
No full textDetailed explanation of his data-mining strategies in his digital humanities classes that enable students to “distantly” read Hemingway’s entire oeuvre in a single semester. Students learn how to digitize materials, use computers to recognize hidden patterns (e.g. themes, stylistic techniques) across works, formulate research questions, and analyze computer generated information. Croxall shares the assignment prompt for his course’s final research project in Appendix G (197-200)
The fair Circassian : a dramatic performance. Done from the original by a gentleman-commoner of Oxford. To which are added several occasional poems, by the same author
No full textThe sixth edition corrected. London : Printed for J. Watts: and sold by B. Dod at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers-Hall, 1743.
[xiv], 49 p. : engr frontispiece ; 17 cm. Based on the Song of Solomon.
The 'gentleman-commoner' was Samuel Croxall.
Parts of the title page are in red ink. Bound with: Poems attempted in the style of Milton/John Philips, London: Printed for E. Curll, in Covent Garden, (1744). Contains a dedication to Mrs. Anna Maria Mordaunt.
Contains a list of 'books lately published by J. Watts...'. Persistent link to this record: https://encore.qub.ac.uk/iii/encore_qub/record/C__Rb157483
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. I
No full textThis is the one of three two-volume Stockdales. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these editions kept the title page of the 1793 first printing (right down to the date of 4th June), the text was reset using the modern s rather than the elongated letter similar to our f but without the crossbar. All three copies misprint page 237 in Volume II as 273. All three acknowledge T. Bensley as printer on 189 of Volume I and 248 of Volume II; my 1793 printing had not done that. None of these has an advertisement for Gay after the last page of Volume II, as my 1793 had. All three copies show a fair amount of foxing. The First Folio copy and this Hoffman copy are cropped so closely that The disappears from the top of the title, and much of the date disappears at the bottom. See the 1793 printing for comments on the illustrations. Because all three copies are precious, I am including all three in the collection and giving them independent ID numbers. This copy has had a colorful history: it spent time in the Library of the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky and then in the Louisville Free Public Library Reference Collection.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Samuel Croxall, not acknowledge
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. II
No full textThis is the one of three two-volume Stockdales. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these editions kept the title page of the 1793 first printing (right down to the date of 4th June), the text was reset using the modern s rather than the elongated letter similar to our f but without the crossbar. All three copies misprint page 237 in this Volume II as 273. All three acknowledge T. Bensley as printer on 189 of Volume I and 248 of Volume II; my 1793 printing had not done that. None of these has an advertisement for Gay after the last page of Volume II, as my 1793 had. All three copies show a fair amount of foxing. Of the three, the First Folio copy is particularly beautifully bound. By contrast with the O'Neal pair, the First Folio copy and this Hoffman copy are cropped so closely that The disappears from the top of the title, and much of the date disappears at the bottom. See the 1793 printing for comments on the illustrations. Because all three copies are precious, I am including all three in the collection and giving them independent ID numbers. This copy has had a colorful history: it spent time in the Library of the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky and then in the Louisville Free Public Library Reference Collection.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Samuel Croxall, not acknowledge
Cogging-ative estrangement
No full textReview of Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall, eds. Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 201
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. II
No full textThis is the best of three two-volume Stockdales and one of two of them acquired within a month of each other. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these editions kept the title page of the 1793 first printing (right down to the date of 4th June), the text was reset using the modern s rather than the elongated letter similar to our f but without the crossbar. All three copies misprint page 237 in this Volume II as 273. I investigated the watermarking of the paper of the pairs from O'Neal and First Folio. Their paper is clearly watermarked, including the paper used for text, which is marked with something like J Wheatman 1809. Some text pages show half of WB over 1809 (e.g. lv in O'Neal and 35 in the First Folio copy). All three acknowledge T. Bensley as printer on 189 of Volume I and 248 of Volume II; my 1793 printing had not done that. None of these has an advertisement for Gay after the last page of Volume II, as my 1793 had. All three copies show a fair amount of foxing. Of the three, the First Folio copy is particularly beautifully bound. By contrast with this O'Neal pair, the First Folio and Hoffman copies are cropped so closely that The disappears from the top of the title, and much of the date disappears at the bottom. See the 1793 printing for comments on the illustrations. Because all three copies are precious, I am including all three in the collection and giving them independent ID numbers.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Samuel Croxall, not acknowledge
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. I
No full textThis is one of the most impressive treasures I have found. Unless I am deceived, it is at last a true first edition Stockdale. See 1793/1810? for two pairs of volumes found earlier that keep the 1793 title-page but were in fact printed later, as the paper's watermark confirms. Signs of this particular edition by contrast include the elongated s like an f without the crossbar, the misprint of the page number for the last page of this volume (891 for 198), and the advertisement for Gay's fables after the last page of the second volume. The cover of this copy is detached and holding on literally by a string. However it has relatively little foxing and excellent impressions of the illustrations. I cannot find a watermark on this paper; I am eager to find someone who can tell me what that might mean! This volume contains the life of Aesop and forty-seven fables. The illustrations here remind one regularly of Gheeraerts and Hollar. Among the best are WL (facing 5), The Ass Eating Thistles (17), The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (43), The Fox and the Tiger (125), OR (133), The Porcupine and the Snakes (161), and The Jackdaw and the Peacocks (187). There is a curious and careful rendition of a beaver facing 79 well matched to Croxall's circumspect narrative. This beaver could be hissing at the approaching dogs, or he could be preparing to amputate the certain part of which Croxall speaks so delicately! Like many artists, those working here have trouble depicting a lion's face. I am grateful to the Adyes at Abbey Antiquarian Books for help in distinguishing out editions of this book that are not true firsts. They mention that the copperplates are by T. Stothard, Grainger &c. Am I ever happy to have this book!This is a hardbound book (hard cover)First editionCroxal
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