Literature in Context: An Open Anthology

FAIN: HAA-258768-18

University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA 22903-4833)
John O'Brien (Project Director: June 2017 to June 2021)
Tonya Howe (Co Project Director: August 2017 to June 2021)
Christine Ruotolo (Co Project Director: November 2017 to June 2021)

Development of a working prototype for an open-access, curated, and classroom-sourced digital anthology of British and American literature in English (1650-1800).

Literature in Context is a TEI-encoded digital anthology of British and American literature in English (1650-1800) designed for use by students, teachers, and the general public. The project will innovate by taking full advantage of the affordances of digitization to create an Open Educational Resource that incorporates annotation, interactivity, digitized page images of original editions, and other contextual media materials. It also develops templates, assignments, and resources to help instructors at the college level engage students in the task of editing and annotating literary texts that can be added to the collection. Literature in Context provides a mechanism for the thoughtful, collaborative dissemination of our shared humanistic heritage. By including students in the production of the anthology, the project will foreground how the public construction of knowledge is essential to understanding the modern world.

Media Coverage

Review: Literature in Context (Review)
Author(s): Mattie Burkert
Publication: Reviews in Digital Humanities
Date: 2/14/2022
Abstract: A review of Literature in Context, a digital anthology of literature, directed by Tonya Howe
URL: https://reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/literature-in-context/release/4

What Page Are You On? Making Online Texts More Reliable for Teachers and Students (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Anne E. Bromley
Publication: UVA Today
Date: 4/12/2018
Abstract: With a recent National Endowment for the Humanities grant, English professor John O’Brien and Christine Ruotolo, the University Library’s director of arts and humanities, will expand a website that teachers and students can count on for providing authoritative texts.
URL: https://news.virginia.edu/content/what-page-are-you-making-online-texts-more-reliable-teachers-and-students

Tonya Howe Co-Directs Anthology Project that Earns NEH Grant (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nicholas Munson
Publication: Marymount University News Blog
Date: 1/4/2018
Abstract: Dr. Tonya Howe, associate professor of Literature and Languages at Marymount University, co-directs a digital anthology project that has earned a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Level 2 Digital Humanities Advancement Grant.
URL: https://marymount.edu/blog/tonya-howe-co-directs-anthology-project-that-earns-neh-grant/

Associated Products

Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature, 1660-1830 (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature, 1660-1830
Author: Tonya Howe
Author: John O'Brien
Author: Christine Ruotolo
Abstract: Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature, 1660-1830 is a web-accessible and mobile-friendly digital anthology of curated, contextualized, machine-readable literature in English designed for use by students, teachers, and the general public.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://anthology.lib.virginia.edu
Access Model: open access (CC-BY 4.0)

DH Pedagogy and Open Educational Resources (OER) (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: DH Pedagogy and Open Educational Resources (OER)
Author: Tonya Howe
Abstract: Discussion of _Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature, 1660-1830_ as both a digital humanities project and an open educational resource (OER). Part of a roundtable discussion on The Digital Eighteenth Century: Directions and Opportunities
Date: 06/15/2019
Conference Name: International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS)

Literature in Context: A Digital Anthology of Literature in English, 1650-1850 (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Literature in Context: A Digital Anthology of Literature in English, 1650-1850
Author: Tonya Howe
Author: John O'Brien
Abstract: Presentation on Literature in Context, an open digital anthology of literature in English, given as part of a roundtable titled "Interfaces II: Interfaces in Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Date: 03/22/19
Conference Name: 50th ASECS Annual Meeting

Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature in English (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature in English
Author: Tonya Howe
Abstract: Presentation on Literature in Contextm, an open digital anthology of literature in English.
Date: 02/26/21
Conference Name: Chesapeake Digital Humanities Consortium 2021

Tools for Critical Digital Literacy: Literature in Context and the Promise of OER (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Tools for Critical Digital Literacy: Literature in Context and the Promise of OER
Author: Tonya Howe
Abstract: Presentation on Literature in Context, an open digital anthology of literature in English, as an open educational resource (OER).
Date: 03/25/21
Conference Name: 2021 Virginia Humanities Conference

The Many-Sized Open Digital Anthology: Literature in Context (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: The Many-Sized Open Digital Anthology: Literature in Context
Author: Tonya Howe
Author: John O'Brien
Abstract: This presentation will showcase Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature, 1400-1925, a NEH and VIVA-supported anthology-in-progress of reliably edited digital literary texts for use by teachers and students in K-12 and higher education. In line with the conference theme, Literature in Context enables instructors to create their own digital coursepacks, selecting the texts they need from the archive and assembling them into purpose-built collections for particular classroom situations. In this way, the project is open to further adaptation by its users.
Date: 10/14/22
Conference Name: VIVA 2022 Open and Affordable Community Forum

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