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Welcome to the Off the Road Database! This database collects American road literature from the early decades of automobility. It is part of the ERC-funded research project "Off the Road: The Environmental Aesthetics of Early Automobility."

Our focus is on poems, fiction, and non-fiction narratives from the 1890s through the 1920s, but we are open to all texts that are within the public domain under European copyright law. You can browse the database by texts and by authors.

The text search works like a library catalog: you can search for titles, authors, etc. With the advanced search you can search the full texts and the annotation keywords we added to identify various aspects of automobility (technologies, environments, the experience of driving, etc.) and aesthetic strategies of representing these aspects.

Contact us if you would like to add texts or annotations!

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-Welcome to the [https://offtheroad.org/ Off the Road] Database! This database collects American road literature from the early decades of automobility. It is part of the ERC-funded research project "Off the Road: The Environmental Aesthetics of Early Automobility." Our focus is on poems, fiction, and non-fiction narratives from the 1890s through the 1920s, but we are open to all texts that are within the public domain under European copyright law.
+Welcome to the Off the Road Database! This database collects American road literature from the early decades of automobility. It is part of the ERC-funded research project [https://offtheroad.org/ "Off the Road: The Environmental Aesthetics of Early Automobility."]
-Here is how it works.
+Our focus is on poems, fiction, and non-fiction narratives from the 1890s through the 1920s, but we are open to all texts that are within the public domain under European copyright law. You can browse the database [https://wiki.uni-konstanz.de/offroad/index.php/Category:Texts by texts] and [https://wiki.uni-konstanz.de/offroad/index.php/Category:Authors by authors].
-With the help of the navigation bar on the left-hand side you can find the various ways to use this database:
+The [https://wiki.uni-konstanz.de/offroad/index.php/Text_Search text search] works like a library catalog: you can search for titles, authors, etc. With the [https://wiki.uni-konstanz.de/offroad/index.php/Advanced_Search advanced search] you can search the full texts and the annotation keywords we added to identify various aspects of automobility (technologies, environments, the experience of driving, etc.) and aesthetic strategies of representing these aspects.
-<strong>Text Search</strong>
+[mailto:contact@offtheroad.org Contact us] if you would like to add texts or annotations!
-This is the text search, which is best used to organize the database by genre, year of publication, and other filtering options. By clicking on any search result, you will be directed to the respective text page.
-<strong>Advanced Search</strong>
-The advanced search allows you to find specific text passages and use the annotated keywords. The advanced search includes an infographic which shows you all the keywords you can search for. You can combine several keywords and even other search parameters. Please note that the advanced search is geared toward finding individual paragraphs and stanzas. If you click on any search result, you will be directed to the exact paragraph or stanza in the text. The advanced search works best if you provide lots of input, so you can find exactly what you are looking for.
-<strong>Browse wiki</strong>
-By text: this will direct you to a comprehensive overview of all texts.
-By author: and this will direct you to a comprehensive overview of all authors.