Scholarly Editing in the Computer Age: Theory and Practice

by Peter L. Shillingsburg

Book Overview

Most readers, including professional literary academics, spend little time wondering about the state of the texts they are using. Yet the nature and status of texts, and the method of their editing, have profound effects on the ways they can be read. Scholarly Editing in the Computer Age introduces the basic vocabulary of textual criticism, demonstrates how literary criticism suffers from ignorance of textual processes, and offers practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472066005
• ISBN13: 9780472066001
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"