What is MAPP?

Abstract

This chapter outlines the goals of MAPP and introduces the archival and special collections materials that will be included in the resource. For scholars working in print culture, there are major obstacles to research: the scope of material is often vast; disciplinary boundaries limit methodological and material exploration which constrains interpretation; and archives and library resources are dispersed geographically. MAPP aims to challenge these constraints by using digital technology to create an aggregated collection of publishing histories that can model theories in book history and literary sociology. Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press offers an ideal pilot study. MAPP is supported in its pilot phase by a two-year (2013-2015) Insight Development Grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada with supplemental funds (2016) from The Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), Stanford University. http://www.modernistarchives.com/