Here, Copying: “Landscapes” and “Ways of Living” in a Collection of Hand-Written Plays

Abstract

The idea of thinking literary space as means to unify a considerable array of eighteenth‑century drama manuscripts proves effective, because it allows some limits for its interpretation. If one is looking for unifying hypotheses, then the alliance between cultural geography and theatre history might be the answer. In fact, categories such as ‘landscapes’ and ‘ways of living’ endorse the nature of the corpus and, at the same time, make way for its close reading and further digital dissemination. In this context, isolating reading patterns combines well with ways of organizing information for its ulterior display.