Modern Manuscripts and the Pre-History of Digital Humanities

Alex Christie is Associate Professor of Digital Prototyping at Brock University's Department of Digital Humanities, Canada. He has published in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, and Reading Modernism with Machines; he co-edited American Science Fiction Television and Space; his digital projects include z-axis research and Pedagogy Toolkit.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. Analog: Dreams of a Lost Past.- 2. Writing Rules: Raymond Roussel’s Impressions.- 3. Writing Time: Marcel Proust’s Optics.- Part II. Digital: Anxious in the Now.- 4.  Calculating Humans: Samuel Beckett’s Encipherment.- 5. The Medium in Sight: Mina Loy’s Vision.- 6. Conclusion: Humanities Computing.