Download or read book A New Republic of Letters written by Jerome McGann and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerome McGann's manifesto argues that the history of texts and how they are preserved and accessed for interpretation are the overriding subjects of humanist study in the digital age. Theory and philosophy no longer suffice as an intellectual framework. But philology--out of fashion for decades--models these concerns with surprising fidelity.