The Study of Modern Manuscripts: Public, Confidential, and Private

by Donald H. Reiman and Professor Donald H. Reiman

Perhaps no question is more fundamental to the discussion of a written work than that of the provenance and authority of the manuscript on which it is based. In The Study of Modern Manuscripts eminent scholar Donald H. Reiman draws on thirty years of experience in editing the manuscripts of Shelley, Byron, and others to offer new insights into the scholarly use and analysis of postmedieval manuscripts. Reiman begins by distinguishing among the manuscript...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801845904
• ISBN13: 9780801845901
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.