Manuscript(s) Matter: Paleography, Philology and Resistance to Theory

This paper will reconsider analytical and editorial methodology in early modern manuscript studies. After a look at the age-old, but still crucial, problem of how best to deal with the patent mistakes many early modern manuscript texts present (or seem to present), it will suggest a variety of ways...

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Published in:Etudes anglaises 2021-05, Vol.73 (3), p.265-382
Main Author: Bajetta, Carlo M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Authorial voice
Authorship
Bibliographic literature
Biographies
Collaboration
Correspondence
Editing
Editors
Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603)
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Fate
Handwriting
Ideology
Literary criticism
Literary influences
Literary translation
Methods
Modern literature
Narrative techniques
Paleography
Philology
Poetry
Raleigh, Walter, Sir (1554-1618)
Sonnets
Text analysis
Writers
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Summary:This paper will reconsider analytical and editorial methodology in early modern manuscript studies. After a look at the age-old, but still crucial, problem of how best to deal with the patent mistakes many early modern manuscript texts present (or seem to present), it will suggest a variety of ways in which a modern researcher can get the best out of the analysis of handwritten texts. By means of an examination of specific cases, including some of Elizabeth I's Italian and Sir Walter Raleigh's English letters, I will illustrate the advantages of a case-by-case evidence-based approach to both editorial emendation and to the analysis of the material features of manuscript volumes.
ISSN:0014-195X
1965-0159
DOI:10.3917/etan.733.0265