The archive proves that Digital Humanities is not about replacing books, but about expanding our definition of “the text.”
Human-Centered Technology: It uses complex coding (TEI/XML) for a purely humanistic end: to understand the soul and struggle of a poet who sought to capture the American spirit.
Non-Linear History: It reflects the humanities’ shift toward seeing history as a series of revisions rather than a single, authoritative narrative.
The Living Archive: It transforms the archive from a “morgue” of old papers into a living workspace where new connections are made daily through search tools and community-sourced transcriptions.
