In one of my current English classes we've dived a bit into textual criticism and theories of critical editing. I'm curious as a critical editor whether there are any methods or theories of editing you adhere to that influence how would you go about addressing variants, what text to use as the base of your edition, and so when it comes to creating a critical edition? It is such an interesting area to me, you really see the macro and the micro intersect, even how to handle a single word can be a point of pretty broad theoretical contention.
Thanks for your time on this AMA! It has been a great read so far.
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In one of my current English classes we've dived a bit into textual criticism and theories of critical editing. I'm curious as a critical editor whether there are any methods or theories of editing you adhere to that influence how would you go about addressing variants, what text to use as the base of your edition, and so when it comes to creating a critical edition? It is such an interesting area to me, you really see the macro and the micro intersect, even how to handle a single word can be a point of pretty broad theoretical contention.
Thanks for your time on this AMA! It has been a great read so far.
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