1. The Archeology of Texts
- Author
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Stephen Orgel
- Subjects
Book History ,Editing ,Illustration ,Typography ,Modern history, 1453- ,D204-475 ,Language and Literature - Abstract
The interpretation of literary texts is at least partly a form of archeology. The history of the book has become a separate discipline because for the most part literary history has ignored it. But it cannot be ignored: books change from era to era, and any new edition of a text necessarily involves a process of translation.
- Published
- 2022
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