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A collection of essays exploring the role of textual studies in understanding and editing texts, and in understanding the historical developments and cultural differences in editorial and archival systems.
The evidence for literary knowledge -- Textual criticism, the humanities, and J.M. Coetzee -- The semiotics of bibliography -- Some functions of textual criticism -- Responsibility for textual changes in long-distance revisions -- Text as communication -- Revisiting authorial intentions -- How literary works exist -- Convenient scholarly editions -- Scholarly editing as a cultural enterprise -- Work and text in nonliterary text-based disciplines -- Publishers' records and the history of book production -- Cultural heritage, textuality, and social justice.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-219) and index.
Penn State series in the history of the book