Problems of editing / edited by Christa Jansohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jansohn, Christa.

Series:

Beihefte zu editio

Beihefte zu Editio ; Bd. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Criticism, Textual.

English literature.

English literature--Bibliography--Methodology.

Manuscripts, English--Editing.

Manuscripts, English.

Editing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Niemeyer, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays attempts to address some problems of editorial theory and practice which its contributors have either encountered in their own work as practicing editors or as critical users of English editions. It also discusses more general questions, i.e. linguistic problems of editing, the problems of editing bilingual editions or school editions and the difficult economics of scholarly editions today. There are also essays on editing performance poetry, the waning impact of analytical bibliography, the role of teaching and learning editing as well as on the situation of editoria

Contents:

Front matter

Negotiating Conflicting Aims in Scholarly Editing: The Problem of Editorial Intentions / Shillingsburg, Peter L.

Editorial Theory and Practice in English Studies in Germany / Mehl, Dieter

Teaching Editing - Learning Editing / Plachta, Bodo

Publishing Scholarly Editions of 19th and 20th Century Novels / Brown, Andrew

General-Editing and Theory: Historical Version and Authorial Agency / Eggert, Paul

Genetic Texts - Genetic Editions - Genetic Criticism or, Towards Discoursing the Genetics of Writing / Gabler, Hans Walter

Linguistic Problems of Editing / Görlach, Manfred

The Editing of Old English: To Emend or not to Emend / Caie, Graham D.

Where are the Bibliographers of Yesteryear? / Hill, W. Speed

Pragmatics and the Editing of Shakespeare / Blake, Norman F.

Pre-Editorial Criticism and the Space for Editing: Examples from Richard III and Your Five Gallants / Jowett, John

The Politics and Poetics of Editing Hamlet / Thompson , Ann / Taylor, Neil

The Preservation of Textual Diversity in King Lear Bilingual Reading as Editing / Brönnimann, Werner

Editing Shakespeare for School Students / Gibson, Rex

The Importance of Editing Oscar / Jackson, Russell

Annotation as Cultural Activity or, Re-constructing the Past for the Present / Jansohn, Christa

Dub Version: Editing Performance Poetry / Nowak, Helge

Abstracts

Notes on Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110939958

3110939959

OCLC:

843635433