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Textuality and knowledge : essays / Peter L. Shillingsburg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shillingsburg, Peter L., author.
- Series:
- Penn State series in the history of the book.
- The Penn State series in the history of the book
- Standardized Title:
- Essays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criticism, Textual.
- Editing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages :) illustrations ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "A collection of essays exploring the role of textual studies in understanding and editing texts, and in understanding the historical developments and cultural differences in editorial and archival systems"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The evidence for literary knowledge
- Textual criticism, the humanities, and J. M. Coetzee
- The semiotics of bibliography
- Some functions of textual criticism
- Responsibility for textual changes in long-distance revisions
- Text as communication
- Revisiting authorial intentions
- How literary works exist
- Convenient scholarly editions
- Scholarly editing as a cultural enterprise
- Work and text in nonliterary text-based disciplines
- Publishers' records and the history of book production
- Cultural heritage, textuality, and social justice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-219) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271079950
- 0271079959
- OCLC:
- 1080550000
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