Textual scholarship : an introduction
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Textual scholarship : an introduction
（Garland reference library of the humanities, vol. 1417）
Garland Pub., 1994
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Originally published: 1992
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-526) and index
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: hbk ISBN 9780815300588
Description
Originally published in 1992 in hardcover, this paperback features a newly corrected text and a revised and expanded bibliography, which is updated to 1994. The book is the first to address the entire spectrum of textual scholarship: enumerative and research bibliography; descriptive and analytical bibliography; paleography and typography; historical and textual bibliography; textual criticism and textual theory; scholarly editingDesigned for editors, literary and textual critics, and students, this historical and methodological survey is richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs. There is a bibliography of scholarship (including a list of standard editions in various fields), an appendix of illustrated types of scholarly editions with interpretive commentary, and a full index. The text is suitable for courses in research methods, critical editing, philology, paleography, manuscript studies, publishing, publishing history, and the history of the book and is an essential aid to graduate students in language and literature.
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pbk ISBN 9780815317913
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First published in 1994. This fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling Textual Scholarship covers all aspects of textual theory and scholarly editing for students and scholars. As the definitive introduction to the skills of textual scholarship, the new edition addresses the revolutionary shift from print to digital textuality and subsequent dramatic changes in the emphasis and direction of textual enquiry.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1 Finding the Text: Enumerative and Systematic Bibliography 2 Making the Text: Bibliography of Manuscript Books 3 Making the Text: Bibliography of Printed Books 4 Describing the Text: Descriptive Bibliography 5 Reading the Text: Paleography 6 Reading the Text: Typography 7 Evaluating the Text: Textual Bibliography 8 Criticizing the Text: Textual Criticism 9 Editing the Text: Scholarly Editing Appendix I: Pages from the Shakespeare First Folio Appendix II: Some Types of Scholarly Edition
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