Textual scholarship: an introduction
by Greetham, D. C., (David C.)
This 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 editing. Designed 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 …
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- Full title :Textual scholarship : an introduction / D.C. Greetham.
Summary
This 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 editing. Designed 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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- Publication Date:1994.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Garland Pub
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1994.
Notes
Originally published: 1992.
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 561 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0815300581, 9780815300588, 0815317913, 9780815317913
- oclc:ocm30070369
- LC Classification:Z1001
- Dewey Decimal:010/.44
Table of Contents
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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