A Rationale of Textual Criticism

by G. Thomas Tanselle and Thomas Tanselle

Book Overview

"No one writes more knowledgeably or brilliantly about textual criticism than Tanselle." --Washington Post Textual criticism--the traditional term for the task of evaluating the authority of the words and punctuation of a text--is often considered an undertaking preliminary to literary criticism: many people believe that the job of textual critics is to provide reliable texts for literary critics to analyze. G. Thomas Tanselle argues, on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812214099
• ISBN13: 9780812214093
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.6"