New Digital Resources: Shakespeare and Early Modern Culture

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02309
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Aoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Dabbs Thomas 青山学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (00263640)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: Digital Humanities / Shakespeare / Early Modern Studies / Early Modern Drama / Church History / Lost Plays / Early Modern Sermons / Digital editions

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During this research period the principal investigator used and developed early modern digital platforms to examine Shakespeare and early modern culture. While doing so, the programing languages of existing platforms were explored and studied to determine the feasibility of building a database on the bookshops and public sermons at Paul's Cross churchyard in the City of London during the early modern period. This exploration produced publications and led to several invited talks. This project also produced research that demonstrates the potential of existing recent digital platforms and laid the groundwork for the digitizing of special early modern collections held in Japan, specifically religious and literary books from the early modern period.

Free Research Field

英米・英語圏文学