Principles of Textual Criticism

Thorpe, James

ISBN 10: 0873280555 / ISBN 13: 9780873280556

Editore: Huntington Library Press, 1990

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Covering the basics of textual criticism, with insight into editing and the impact of textual variance on a work. Tight binding, pages slighlty yellowed, cover wear.

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Principles of Textual Criticism
• Editore: Huntington Library Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0873280555
• ISBN 13: 9780873280556
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Condizione: Fair
• Peso: 1 libbra
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Rhetoric, Learning, Writing
  • Literary Studies
  • Literary Criticism

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Riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive study of the basic principles that govern the editing of literary texts. The focus is on English and American literature, and discussion is illuminated by a multitude of examples from the Renaissance to the present time. It deals with the topics that are essential to all editorial work and conveys attitudes and approaches that should animate all literary scholarship.

Informazioni sull?autore

James Thorpe is a distinguished scholar and former director of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens from 1966-1983. He was Professor of English at Princeton for many years and has written numerous works on authors from Chaucer to Wallace Stevens. He is now a Senior Research Associate at the Huntington.