Jockers, Matthew L.

An accessible though technical read on a topic that will appeal to serious book lovers and wordsmiths of all types.

An instructive introduction to the history of computing in the humanities and its increasingly sophisticated methodology. An engaging read for the interested layperson offers straightforward prose and a closely argued thesis. The book's lengthy middle section focuses on the applications of digital methods to literary texts and explores the subject with a depth perhaps more suited to an academic readership. [See Editors' Spring Picks, LJ 2/15/13, p. 33.]