A Rationale of Textual Criticism
G. Thomas Tanselle
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Description for A Rationale of Textual Criticism
Paperback. A philosophic grounding for textual criticism that shows how textual criticism is an integral part of the activity of reading. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
Textual criticism—the traditional term for the task of evaluating the authority of the words and punctuation of a text—is often considered an undertaking preliminary to literary criticism: many people believe that the job of textual critics is to provide reliable texts for literary critics to analyze. G. Thomas Tanselle argues, on the contrary, that the two activities cannot be separated.
The textual critic, in choosing among textual variants and correcting what appear to be textual errors, inevitably exercises critical judgment and reflects a particular point of view toward the nature of literature. And the literary critic, in interpreting the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812214093
SKU
V9780812214093
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About G. Thomas Tanselle
G. Thomas Tanselle is Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and Adjunct Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
Reviews for A Rationale of Textual Criticism
No one writes more knowledgeably or brilliantly about textual criticism than Tanselle.
Washington Post
Of course, nobody with any previous interest in the subject needs to hear encouraging praise about the author or the quality of the Rosenbach Lecture Series.
American Literature
A strangely evocative, even a moving book, a rara avis in textual circles. . ... Read more
Washington Post
Of course, nobody with any previous interest in the subject needs to hear encouraging praise about the author or the quality of the Rosenbach Lecture Series.
American Literature
A strangely evocative, even a moving book, a rara avis in textual circles. . ... Read more