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• Title:An introduction to bibliographical and textual studies / William Proctor Williams and Craig S. Abbott.
  
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• Variant Title:Introduction to bibliographical & textual studies
  
• Author/Creator:Williams, William Proctor, 1939-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Abbott, Craig S., 1941-
  
• Published/Created:New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: Z1001 .W58 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Bibliography, Critical.
  Criticism, Textual.
  English literature--Criticism, Textual.
  
• Edition:4th ed.
  
• Description:vi, 188 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:"To a reader of Joyce's 'Ulysses,' it makes a difference whether one of Stephen Dedalus's first thoughts is 'No mother' (as in the printed version) or 'No, mother!' (as in the manuscript). The scholarship surrounding such textual differences--and why this discipline should concern readers and literary scholars alike--is the focus of William Proctor Williams and Craig S. Abbott's acclaimed handbook. This updated, fourth edition outlines the study of texts' composition, revision, physical embodiments, process of transmission, and manner of reception; describes how new technologies such as digital imaging and electronic tagging have changed the way we produce, read, preserve, and research texts; discusses why these matters are central to a historical understanding of literature; and shows how the insights, methods, and products of bibliographical and textual studies can be applied to other branches of scholarship" -- Back cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-177) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781603290395 (alk. paper)
  1603290397 (alk. paper)
  9781603290401 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1603290400 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Introduction
  2. Analytical Bibliography
  3. Descriptive Bibliography
  4. Text and its Embodiments
  5. Textual Criticism
  6. Editorial Procedure
  Appendix on Textual Notation
  Reference Bibliography
  Glossary of Bibliographical Terms.