This manual pertains to textual scholarship, exploring how the digital medium influences the creation, shaping, and transmission of texts. It delves into the theory behind studying texts in various forms and presents case studies that illustrate key methodologies in editing and presenting scholarly works. The contributors offer insights into the centrality of textual scholarship to contemporary literary studies and highlight the intellectual excitement of this evolving academic discipline.
The purpose of this manual is to provide a comprehensive resource for understanding and engaging with textual scholarship. It covers theoretical frameworks, practical methodologies, and illustrative examples relevant to literary studies and publishing. This guide is intended for scholars, students, and anyone interested in the critical examination and presentation of texts in both traditional and digital environments.
As more and more of our cultural heritage migrates into digital form and as increasing amounts of literature and art are created within digital environments, it becomes more important than ever before for us to understand how the medium affects the text. The expert contributors to this volume provide a clear, engrossing and accessible insight into how the texts we read and study are created, shaped and transmitted to us. They outline the theory behind studying texts in many different forms and offer case studies demonstrating key methodologies underlying the vital processes of editing and presenting texts. Through their multiple perspectives they demonstrate the centrality of textual scholarship to current literary studies of all kinds and express the sheer intellectual excitement of a crucial scholarly discipline entering a new phase of its existence.
Editor: Fraistat, Neil
Editor: Flanders, Julia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Cambridge Companion to Textual Scholarship
Pages: 00325 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2013-05-09
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521514101
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Publishing
As more and more of our cultural heritage migrates into digital form and as increasing amounts of literature and art are created within digital environments, it becomes more important than ever before for us to understand how the medium affects the text. The expert contributors to this volume provide a clear, engrossing and accessible insight into how the texts we read and study are created, shaped and transmitted to us. They outline the theory behind studying texts in many different forms and offer case studies demonstrating key methodologies underlying the vital processes of editing and presenting texts. Through their multiple perspectives they demonstrate the centrality of textual scholarship to current literary studies of all kinds and express the sheer intellectual excitement of a crucial scholarly discipline entering a new phase of its existence.
Editor: Fraistat, Neil
Editor: Flanders, Julia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Cambridge Companion to Textual Scholarship
Pages: 00325 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2013-05-09
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521514101
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Publishing
