Distant Spectators

Distant Reading for Periodicals of the Enlightenment

Distant Spectators

Distant Reading for Periodicals of the Enlightenment

The objective of DiSpecs is the application of distant reading methods to the enlightened Spectators press of the 18th century to gain insight into the formation of trans-European ideas, literary techniques and cultural practices.

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Here you can find out about our newest research results from the Spectators corpus using data analysis, network analysis, topic modeling, stylometry, and sentiment analysis.