| | 1 | Author: | Edited by DAVID L. VANDER MEULEN | Add | | | Title: | Studies in Bibliography, Volume 57 (2005-2006)  | | | | Published: | 2014 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | Studies in Bibliography | | | | Description: | Textual criticism—the study of the relationships
among
variant texts of works—has primarily been associated, throughout
its long history extending back to antiquity, with verbal works as transmitted
on tangible objects such as parchment and paper. But all works, whether
constructed of words or not, have had histories that—if fully
told—would reveal stages of growth and change, reflecting not only their
creators' intentions but also the ef- fects of their passage to the public and
through time. All works, in other words, have textual histories. Whether or not
one chooses in every case to use the word "text" to refer to the arrangement of
elements that make up a work is irrelevant; the point is that the issues and
problems dealt with in the textual criticism of verbal works have their
counterparts in the study of all other works. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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