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Texts in multiple versions : histories of editions /

Texts in multiple versions constitute the core problem of textual scholarship. For texts from antiquity and the medieval period, the many versions may be the result of manuscript transmission, requiring editors and readers to discriminate between levels of authority in variant readings produced alon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brinkman, Herman, Giuliani, Luigi, Lernout, Geert, 1954-, Mathijsen, Marita
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.
Colección:Variants ; 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Texts in multiple versions constitute the core problem of textual scholarship. For texts from antiquity and the medieval period, the many versions may be the result of manuscript transmission, requiring editors and readers to discriminate between levels of authority in variant readings produced along the chain of copying. For texts of all periods, and particularly for more modern authors, there may also be multiple authorial versions. These are of particular importance for genetic criticism, as they offer a window on the author's thinking through the developing work. The different contexts in.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781435616028
1435616022
9401205426
9789401205429