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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. To view a copy of the license, visit [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0. Suggested](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0. Suggested)[ ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0. Suggested)[citation: Eve](citation: Eve), Martin Paul. Theses on the Metaphors of DigitalTextual History. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2024. DOI:  \n10.11126/9781503639393; [https://doi.org/10.11126/9781503639393](https://doi.org/10.11126/9781503639393)  \n[Portions of chapter 2 are derived from Martin Paul Eve](Portions of chapter 2 are derived from Martin Paul Eve),“New Leaves: Riffling the History of Digital Pagination,” Book History 25.2 (2022), 479–502, [https://doi.org/10.1353/bh.2022.0017. This material](https://doi.org/10.1353/bh.2022.0017. This material) is reused under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.  \nPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Eve, Martin Paul, 1986– author.  \nTitle: Theses on the metaphors of digital-textual history / Martin Paul Eve.  \nOther titles: Text technologies.  \nDescription: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2024.| Series: Stanford text technologies | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2024003650 (print) | LCCN 2024003651 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503614888 (paperback) | ISBN 9781503639393 (ebook)  \nSubjects: LCSH: Metaphor. | Word processing. | Text processing (Computer science) | Computer science—Language. | Technology—Language.  \nClassification: LCC P325.5.M47 E94 2024 (print) | LCC P325.5.M47 (ebook) | DDC 401.43—dc23/eng/20240205  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2024003650](https://lccn.loc.gov/2024003650)  \nLC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2024003651](https://lccn.loc.gov/2024003651)  \n[Cover design: Aufuldish & Warinner](Cover design: Aufuldish & Warinner)  \nTo my wife, Helen Eve, with all my love  \nCO NT E NTS  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nOne Theses on the Metaphors of 1  \nDigital-Textual History  \nTwo The Virtual Page Almost Never Existed 28  \nThree Digital Whitespace Is the Seriality 50  \nof Musical Silence  \nFour Digital Text Is Geopolitically Structured 99  \nFive Digital Text Is Multidimensional 140  \nSix Windows Are Allegories of Political Liberalism 174  \nSeven Libraries Are Assemblages of 212  \nRecombinable Anxiety Fragments  \nEight Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost 251  \nNine Conclusion 294  \nNotes 297  \nWorks Cited 359  \nIndex 409  \nAC K NOW L E DGM E NTS  \nThis work was made possible through the award of a Philip Leverhulme Prize by the Leverhulme Trust, grant number PLP-2019-023. I would like to thank Erica Wetter, Caroline McKusick, and Chris Peterson at Stanford University Press for all their help in getting the manuscript this far. My gratitude goes to Adriana Smith for her most excellent effort copyediting this work and to Simon Davies for the index. My thanks also to the series editors, Elaine Treharne, Ruth Ahnert, and Roopika Risam for their interest in and encouragement of this work.  \nMy thanks to John E. Warnock for insights into the early resistance to the PDF format; to Steven Bagley, David Brailsford, and Jeanine Fi","cbCaidnyL5XRmgdF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidnyL5XRmgdF","pdf",10523992,436,"English","# Acknowledgments\n# Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History\n## The Virtual Page Almost Never Existed\n## Digital Whitespace Is the Seriality of Musical Silence\n## Digital Text Is Geopolitically Structured\n## Digital Text Is Multidimensional\n## Windows Are Allegories of Political Liberalism\n## Libraries Are Assemblages of Recombinable Anxiety Fragments\n## Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost\n## Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"What central argument does the book develop about digital-textual history?\",\"answer\":\"It proposes a sequence of theses showing how digital textual history is structured through recurring metaphors embedded in text technologies and their material interfaces.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book treat the concept of the “virtual page”?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that the virtual page almost never truly exists, reframing how pagination and page-like presentation should be understood in digital contexts.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book say about preservation and what is lost when it fails?\",\"answer\":\"It concludes with the principle that everything not saved will be lost, emphasizing the stakes of digital preservation for historical access and scholarly continuity.\"}]","Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History - Martin Paul Eve | PDF",1099]