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

Name: Making the Archives Talk New and Selected Essays in Bibliography, Editing, and Book History
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ISBN: 9780271050676

ISBN-10: 0271050675

ISBN-13: 9780271050676

Edition: 2012

Authors: James L. W. West III

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Making the Archives Talk is a collection of twelve essays by the editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III. In these essays West sets forth his views of editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. West has published editions of major writings by Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Styron. Drawing on these editions for examples, West defends intentionalist editing and the eclectic emendation of texts. He discusses the treatment of both public documents (novels, stories, and nonfiction) and private texts (letters, diaries, journals, and working papers). Highlights of the collection include "The Scholarly Editor…

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List price: $95.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 6.36" wide x 9.27" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

James L. W. West III is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. He has recently published a collected edition of William Styron's non-fiction under the title My Generation (2015).



List of Illustrations


Introduction


The Scholarly Editor as Biographer


Editorial Theory and the Act of Submission


Fair Copy, Authorial Intention, and Versioning


Alcohol and Drinking in Sister Carrie


Double Quotes and Double Meanings in Jennie Gerhardt


Editing Private Papers: Three Examples from Dreiser


Toxic Words and the Editor


Did F. Scott Fitzgerald Have the Right Publisher?


The Internal Chronology of Tender Is the Night


Annotating Mr. Fitzgerald


Keeper of the Flame: Editing the Literary Remains of William Styron


The End Is Near


Acknowledgments


Index