What do you think?
Rate this book
New Approaches to Editing Old English Verse
Seven original essays on the theory, practice and future of editing Old English verse.
Questions of the theory, practice and future of editing Old English verse have become increasingly pressing in the light of new research and technology, and this volume of seven original substantial essays explores a number of important editorial issues. The collection investigates the implications of current concerns in textual editing relating to the presentation of Old English verse, among them materialist criticism and approaches to the culture of thebook in the early middle ages; revisionist readings of the canons and heritage of nineteenth-century philology; and the electronic future of editing Old English. Particular topics addressed include the ethics of editing and its responsibility to both poet and reader; the neglected verses of the Paris Psalter; the editorial problems presented by the mixed form of Ælfric's rhythmical prose; and the difficulties of the printed page. The final essay in the volume explores the capabilities of the electronic hypertext to reinvent the whole process of editing and editions.
KATHERINE O'BRIEN O'KEEFFE is Professor of English and Fellow of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame; Dr SARAH LARRATT KEEFER teaches in the Department of English at Trent University.
EDWARD B. IRVING, JR, SARAH LARRATT KEEFER, A.N. DOANE, D.G. SCRAGG, M.J. TOSWELL, PAUL E. SZARMACH, PATRICK W. CONNER
Questions of the theory, practice and future of editing Old English verse have become increasingly pressing in the light of new research and technology, and this volume of seven original substantial essays explores a number of important editorial issues. The collection investigates the implications of current concerns in textual editing relating to the presentation of Old English verse, among them materialist criticism and approaches to the culture of thebook in the early middle ages; revisionist readings of the canons and heritage of nineteenth-century philology; and the electronic future of editing Old English. Particular topics addressed include the ethics of editing and its responsibility to both poet and reader; the neglected verses of the Paris Psalter; the editorial problems presented by the mixed form of Ælfric's rhythmical prose; and the difficulties of the printed page. The final essay in the volume explores the capabilities of the electronic hypertext to reinvent the whole process of editing and editions.
KATHERINE O'BRIEN O'KEEFFE is Professor of English and Fellow of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame; Dr SARAH LARRATT KEEFER teaches in the Department of English at Trent University.
EDWARD B. IRVING, JR, SARAH LARRATT KEEFER, A.N. DOANE, D.G. SCRAGG, M.J. TOSWELL, PAUL E. SZARMACH, PATRICK W. CONNER
134 pages, Hardcover
First published March 19, 1998
3 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
December 2, 2013
This book is a follow on volume to an early collection of essays published by D. S. Brewer entitled Editing Old English and edited by Donald Scragg.
While this collection is nowhere near as voluminous as the early volume, it does raise modern issues such as is there a need for a new edition of Old English texts on the lines of the Anglo Saxon Poetic Records and how computers are now playing a major role in textual studies. Alongside these modern issues the essays also explore more traditional problems that face editors like how far should the text be amended, should it be a conservative text, questions of using modern punctuation and how the text should be laid out on a modern printed page.
While this collection is nowhere near as voluminous as the early volume, it does raise modern issues such as is there a need for a new edition of Old English texts on the lines of the Anglo Saxon Poetic Records and how computers are now playing a major role in textual studies. Alongside these modern issues the essays also explore more traditional problems that face editors like how far should the text be amended, should it be a conservative text, questions of using modern punctuation and how the text should be laid out on a modern printed page.
Displaying 1 of 1 review