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Text Editing, Print and the Digital World

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
0754673073, 9780754673071, 9780754690924
LCC
PN162 .T434 2008
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4372215 bytes)
Series
Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities
Pages
224\225
Topic
Art
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Traditional critical editing, defined by the paper and print limitations of the book, is now considered by many to be inadequate for the expression and interpretation of complex works of literature. At the same time, digital developments are permitting us to extend the range of text objects we can reproduce and investigate critically - not just books, but newspapers, draft manuscripts and inscriptions on stone. Some exponents of the benefits of new information technologies argue that in future all editions should be produced in digital or online form. By contrast, others point to the fact that print, after more than five hundred years of development, continues to set the agenda for how we think about text, even in its non-print forms. This important book brings together leading textual critics, scholarly editors, technical specialists and publishers to discuss whether and how existing paradigms for developing and using critical editions are changing to reflect the increased commitment to and assumed significance of digital tools and methodologies.

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