Description
Book SynopsisInvestigating almost 10,000 works of fiction in the world's largest collection of mass-digitized historical newspapers (the National Library of Australia's Trove database),
A World of Fiction reconceptualizes how fiction traveled globally, and was received and understood locally, in the 19th century.
Trade ReviewA major international intervention in the fields of book history and digital humanities research, and a major recalibration of the relationship between Australian literature and world literary studies.
A World of Fiction will have a significant impact."" - Professor Robert Dixon, The University of Sydney
""A terrific intellectual force. Excellent and lucid. This is a first-rate contribution to digital humanities and literary textual scholarship."" - Johanna Drucker, UCLA
""Bode has been influential in Australian literary studies since she began publishing about a decade ago, and there is no doubt this book will be a field-defining intervention. It is a model of scholarly work, especially in its redefining of the literary system. Literary history and digital literary humanities are lucky to have such an intellectually accomplished and confident worker in the field."" - Philip Mead, University of Western Australia
