Reprints, International Markets and Local Literary Taste: New Empiricism and Australian Literature

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  • Jason Donald Ensor Curtin University of Technology

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New Empiricism, Franco Moretti, AustLit,

Abstract

Taking a cue from Franco Moretti's research, my article applies statistical methods to probe the history of publishing Australian novels both locally and internationally. By temporarily suspending our discipline's preoccupation with close readings and canonical judgements, I aim to demonstrate how the computational analysis of large-scale publication data about Australian novels can also provoke alternative kinds of, and responses to, Australian literary history.

Author Biography

Jason Donald Ensor, Curtin University of Technology

Jason Ensor is PhD Candidate at the Australian Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology. His thesis concerns Australian literary history and print cultures, particularly the influences of British-led publishing practices on the production of the novel in Australia. He is co-editor of "New Talents: Other Contact Zones" (Network Books, 2006).

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