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Studies in Scottish Literature

2013

Editing letters

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The Missing Manuscript Of Robert Burns's "Patriarch" Letter, Gerard Carruthers, Pauline Mackay Aug 2013

The Missing Manuscript Of Robert Burns's "Patriarch" Letter, Gerard Carruthers, Pauline Mackay

Studies in Scottish Literature

Reports the discovery of a previously-lost early transcription of a Burns letter, held by a private owner in Dumfries, records its textual variants, and discusses its relation to the previously-known versions on which editors have had to rely.


Editing The Letters Of A Scottish Author, Gillian Hughes Aug 2013

Editing The Letters Of A Scottish Author, Gillian Hughes

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses the issues and techniques in finding, researching, transcribing, editing, formatting and annotating the letters of a nineteenth-century Scottish author, drawing on experience in editing The Collected Letters of James Hogg, 3 vols. (Edinburgh University Press, 2004-2008).