Digitizing Faulkner: Yoknapatawpha in the Twenty-First Century

The Digital Yoknapatawpha is an online project that encodes Faulkner's texts into a database with sophisticated front-end visualizations, allowing for a deeper understanding of his characters, events, and locations. The essays in Digitizing Faulkner examine how digital research can enhance our understanding of Faulkner's texts and offer theoretical reflections on digitally mapping specific texts and stories.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 10 June 2022
Publisher: University of Virginia Press

For over eighty years, scholars have dedicated themselves to exploring the fictional Mississippi county known as Yoknapatawpha, which serves as the setting for nearly all of William Faulkner's novels and over fifty short stories. One of the most ambitious endeavors in this regard is the ongoing Digital Yoknapatawpha project, an online initiative aimed at encoding the texts set in Faulkner's mythical county into a comprehensive database accompanied by sophisticated front-end visualizations. In their essay collection Digitizing Faulkner, the project contributors offer insightful findings and reflections on the potential implications of digital research for Faulkner studies and, by extension, other fields of literary inquiry.

The essays delve into various aspects of Faulkner's works, examining his characters, events, locations, and visual representations. They also provide theoretical insights into the digital mapping of specific texts and stories, considering the pedagogical implications of this approach. Digitizing Faulkner explores the ways in which a twenty-first-century research tool intersects with twentieth-century sensibilities, ideologies, behaviors, and material cultures to modify and enhance our understanding of Faulkner's texts.

Through their contributions, the project participants shed light on the rich tapestry of Faulkner's literary legacy and offer valuable insights into the ongoing evolution of literary research in the digital age. This collection serves as a testament to the enduring significance of Faulkner's work and the potential of digital technologies to deepen our appreciation and analysis of his writings.

Weight: 354g
Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780813948300