Paul Eggert (Chicago Loyola University)

The Work and The Reader in Literary Studies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Paul Eggert remaps the concept of literary critique, providing new justification for close reading and bringing scholarly editions and book history into the centre of literary studies. This book will appeal to students, researchers and editors interested in textual editing, book history, literary theory and the history of reading.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781108485746
• ISBN-10: 110848574X
• Artikelnr.: 56016538

Autorenporträt

Paul Eggert FAHA is Professor Emeritus at Loyola University Chicago and the University of New South Wales. He is a scholarly editor, book historian and editorial theorist.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of illustrations
1. Introduction: the book, the work and the scholarly edition
2. Reviving the work-concept: music, literature and historic buildings
3. The digital native encounters the printed scholarly edition called Hamlet
4. The reader-oriented scholarly edition
5. Digital editions: the archival impulse and the editorial impulse
6. The work, the version and the Charles Harpur Critical Archive
7. Book history and literary study: the late nineteenth century and Rolf Boldrewood
8. Book history and literary study: Joseph Conrad and D. H. Lawrence
9. Adaptation, folklore and the work: the Ned Kelly story
10. Conclusion: what editors edit, and the role of the reader
Bibliography
Index.