In addition, we show that, even where frequency does not seem to be an issue, close reading, guided by corpus analysis, is vital in allowing the analyst to move past a superficial analysis of the data towards an understanding of the conventions attached to the use of words which appear to reference men who have sex with men in this period. We consider the historical context which brings this about, the impact of such data on our study and the importance of close reading in understanding words in discourse. Our exploration leads us to consider a number of methodological issues, notably low frequency data and the classical framing of some words. To do this we use a large corpus of seventeenth century texts, the Early English Books Online corpus. In this article we explore public discourse around one marginalized group in early-modern English society, men who engaged in sexual relations with other males.
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