Making the archives talk
Subtitle: new and selected essays in bibliography, editing, and book history
By: James L.W. West, III
Series: The Penn State series in the history of the book -- 16; Penn State series in the history of the book
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780271050676; 9780271050683
Subjects: Editing; American literature; Textual Criticism; Transmission of texts
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The scholarly editor as biographer; title: Editorial theory and the act of submission; title: Fair copy, authorial intention, and versioning; title: Alcohol and drinking in Sister Carrie; title: Double quotes and double meanings in Jennie Gerhardt; title: Editing private papers : three examples from Dreiser; title: Toxic words and the editor; title: Did F. Scott Fitzgerald have the right publisher?; title: The internal chronology of Tender is the night; title: Annotating Mr. Fitzgerald; title: Keeper of the flame : editing the literary remains of William Styron; title: The end is near.