Margaret Connolly's
Textual Criticism
Key Issues in the Textual Criticism:
Why edit? Editing prose texts Own experience of editing How to edit? Bibliography
Some More Issues to Think About:
- what is the job of an editor?
- what is involved in transferring text from medieval manuscript to modern printed page?
- what differences will it make if the text exists in a single manuscript or multiple manuscript copies?
- what factors might help determine the choice of a base text?
- what are the differences between diplomatic, critical, and best-text editions?
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