Making the archives talk : new and selected essays in bibliography, editing, and book history
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Making the archives talk : new and selected essays in bibliography, editing, and book history
（The Penn State series in the history of the book）
Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011
- : cloth
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes index
Summary: "A collection of essays by editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III, covering editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. Discusses the treatment of both public documents (novels, stories, nonfiction) and private texts (letters, diaries, journals, working papers)" -- Provided by publisher
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Making the Archives Talk is a collection of twelve essays by editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III. In these essays, West sets forth his views of editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. He has published editions of major writings by Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Styron. Drawing on these editions for examples, West defends intentionalist editing and the eclectic emendation of texts. He discusses the treatment of both public documents (novels, stories, and nonfiction) and private texts (letters, diaries, journals, and working papers). Highlights of the collection include "The Scholarly Editor as Biographer," "Editorial Theory and the Act of Submission," "Double Quotes and Double Meanings in Jennie Gerhardt," "Annotating Mr. Fitzgerald," and "The End Is Near." Two of the essays, "Toxic Words and the Editor" and "Keeper of the Flame: Editing the Literary Remains of William Styron," are previously unpublished.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 The Scholarly Editor as Biographer
2 Editorial Theory and the Act of Submission
3 Fair Copy, Authorial Intention, and Versioning
4 Alcohol and Drinking in Sister Carrie
5 Double Quotes and Double Meanings in Jennie Gerhardt
6 Editing Private Papers: Three Examples from Dreiser
7 Toxic Words and the Editor
8 Did F. Scott Fitzgerald Have the Right Publisher?
9 The Internal Chronology of Tender Is the Night
10 Annotating Mr. Fitzgerald
11 Keeper of the Flame: Editing the Literary Remains of William Styron
12 The End Is Near
Acknowledgments
Index
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