Research Catalog

Title

Texts, editors, and readers : methods and problems in Latin textual criticism / Richard Tarrant.

Author

Tarrant, R. J. (Richard John), 1945-

Publication

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Details

Description

xii, 192 pages; 21 cm

Summary

This book re-examines the most traditional area of classical scholarship, offering critical assessments of the current state of the field, its methods and controversies, and its prospects for the future in a digital environment. Each stage of the editorial process is examined, from gathering and evaluating manuscript evidence to constructing the text and critical apparatus, with particular attention given to areas of dispute, such as the role of conjecture. The importance of subjective factors at every point is highlighted. An Appendix offers practical guidance in reading a critical apparatus. The discussion is framed in a way that is accessible to non-specialists, with all Latin texts translated. The book will be useful both to classicists who are not textual critics and to non-classicists interested in issues of editing.

Series Statement

Roman literature and its contexts

Uniform Title

Roman literature and its contexts.

Subject

• Latin literature > Criticism, Textual

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 16-2185

ISBN

• 9780521766579
• 0521766575
• 9780521158992
• 0521158990
• 9781107041004
• 1107041007

LCCN

2015042954

OCLC

922694526

Author

Tarrant, R. J. (Richard John), 1945- author.

Title

Texts, editors, and readers : methods and problems in Latin textual criticism / Richard Tarrant.

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Roman literature and its contexts

Roman literature and its contexts.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 16-2185