Making the archives talk : new and selected essays in bibliography, editing, and book history /
West, James L. W.
University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press,
c2011.
"A collection of essays by editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III, covering editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. Discusses the treatment of both public documents (novels, stories, nonfiction) and private texts (letters, diaries, journals, working papers)"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A collection of essays by editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III, covering editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. Discusses the treatment of both public documents (novels, stories, nonfiction) and private texts (letters, diaries, journals, working papers)"--Provided by publisher.
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
Styron, William, 1925-2006.
American literature
Editing.
Transmission of texts.