EEBO and Us

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Michael Gavin

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This essay responds to criticisms leveled against “How to Think About EEBO” (Gavin [2017] 2019). While my history of Early English Books Online was faulted for paying insufficient attention to the experiences of scholars using the collection, I argue that using digital tools for literary and bibliographical research can create a false sense of mastery that leaves scholars blind to the features of digital textuality that are most important historically and theoretically.

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Notes & Rejoinders