Category: Research
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“Copyright, 1892, by Elizabeth S. Melville”: Rethinking the Field Formation of Melville Studies
With Jordan Stein, I wrote this article on the role of Elizabeth Shaw Melville in the formation of the career and study of her husband Herman Melville. It was the result of a long process of archival research and scholarly collaboration. We are currently pursuing follow up work on the matter. You can find a pdf of the article here: https://tinyurl.com/CopyrightESM
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Unpacking a Digital Library: A Tour through Early American Metadata
For the American Antiquarian Society’s Past is Present, I wrote a short essay about my experience working with metadata on Early American books. I reflect on the perspectives provided by digital catalogs that do more than just direct access to their print versions. You can read it here: https://pastispresent.org/2017/digital-humanities-2/unpacking-a-digital-library-a-tour-through-early-american-metadata/
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Melville’s Scrivener: Elizabeth Shaw Melville, Bibliography, and Literary History
For the Journal of the History of Ideas blog, I wrote an early version of my research on Elizabeth Shaw Melville and her literary labor producing the work of Herman Melville. You can read the essay here: https://jhiblog.org/2017/07/10/melvilles-scrivener-elizabeth-shaw-melville-bibliography-and-literary-history/
Adam Fales 