Text Editing, Print and the Digital World »

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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Introduction Marilyn Deegan Deegan, Marilyn Kathryn Sutherland Sutherland, Kathryn 1

Pt. I In Theory

1 Being Critical: Paper-based Editing and the Digital Environment Kathryn Sutherland Sutherland, Kathryn 13

2 The Compleat Edition Mats Dahlstrom Dahlstrom, Mats 27

3 Digital Editions and Text Processing Dino Buzzetti Buzzetti, Dino 45

4 The Book, the E-text and the 'Work-site' Paul Eggert Eggert, Paul 63

5 Open Source Critical Editions: A Rationale Gabriel Bodard Bodard, Gabriel Juan Garces Garces, Juan 83

6 Every Reader his own Bibliographer - An Absurdity? Edward Vanhoutte Vanhoutte, Edward 99

Pt. II In Practice

7 ' ... they hid their books underground' Espen S. Ore Ore, Espen S. 113

8 The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift and the Future of the Scholarly Edition Linda Bree Bree, Linda James McLaverty McLaverty, James 127

9 Editions and Archives: Textual Editing and the Nineteenth-century Serials Edition (ncse) James Mussell Mussell, James Suzanne Paylor Paylor, Suzanne 137

10 Digitizing Inscribed Texts Charlotte Roueche Roueche, Charlotte 159

11 Digital Genetic Editions: The Encoding of Time in Manuscript Transcription Elena Pierazzo Pierazzo, Elena 169

Bibliography 187

Index 199