Textual Scholarship: An Introduction

by David C. Greetham

Beginner's guide to the general treatment of the enumeration, description, transcription, editing, and annotation of texts.

Genres: Nonfiction, Criticism, Academic, Reference, Literary Criticism

561 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1992

Reviews

[livy]

If I had to read this entire book for a class, it’s going on my goodreads for my reading challenge.

[Mira · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a pretty decent introduction into textual criticism and scholarship, but it lacks organisation.
So, I advice dipping into it and picking up whatever info you need, but not to be read from cover to cover...

It has some decent appendices, too, so that's definitely a bonus!

[Margaret Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

I skipped some chapters cause it’s only partially relevant to me, but the sections on textual scholarship, codicology, and paleography were very helpful 🥰

[Timmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Should be required

[Toby Beeny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent introduction to the field, covers all the basic areas.