Making the Archives Talk: New and Selected Essays in Bibliography, Editing, and Book History

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Abstract

In this compilation of eleven previously published and two new essays, James L. W. West III provides insight into the meticulous field of scholarly editing. To "make the archives talk," West details how a scholarly editor reads, selects, edits, emends, annotates, interprets, evaluates, identifies, classifies, questions, and finalizes texts by utilizing published editions, drafts, proofs, and other documents found in authors' and publishers' archival collections.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalArchival Issues
Volume35
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2013

EGS Disciplines

  • Archival Science

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