Editing Manuscripts on Literature and Language (Practical Lessons)

Publication Date: 2019

About this Item

In this book, the reader will find a compilation of papers presenting and analysing the methodological steps that those engaged in the critical edition of literature manuscripts should follow. The book stresses the need for exceptional attention during the first stage of the editing process, which is gathering and examining the manuscript copies of the text to be edited. It also explains the risks in altering or making a mistake in the title. We are also reminded within this book, of the importance of the introduction in the critical edition of a text, in parallel to its content. The book thus gives the key rules that assist in the creation of a good introduction, starting with the advice to read examples of good introductions of other critical editions. In addition, the training course papers included in this book explore the matter of tracing all extant manuscript copies of a text that are linked to its author, and how to classify these by originality, integrity, and timeframe of production. The papers also look at the critical edition of poetry collections and anthologies, and the methods employed by past scholars in gathering, verifying, and recording poetry.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Editing Manuscripts on Literature and Language (Practical Lessons)
• Publication Date: 2019
• Binding: Couverture rigide
• Edition: Edition originale
• Condition: Neuf