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Divergent Authenticities: Editing Scottish Literary Texts: Introduction: How Editorial Theories Have Changed, Patrick G. Scott
Divergent Authenticities: Editing Scottish Literary Texts: Introduction: How Editorial Theories Have Changed, Patrick G. Scott
Patrick Scott
Reviews changing approaches to the editing of Scottish literary texts, from the dominance of the Greg-Bowers theory of copytext to the emergence of the Social Text theory associated with Mackenzie and McGann; illustrates the developments from a variety of major Scottish authors and scholarly editions (specifically Thomas Carlyle and Walter Scott); and concludes by discussing the critical implications of differing approaches to editing two frequently-taught Scottish works, Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" and Hugh MacDiarmid's A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.
Gettysburg: An Exhibit For The First-Year Reading Experience, Patrick G. Scott
Gettysburg: An Exhibit For The First-Year Reading Experience, Patrick G. Scott
Patrick Scott
Based on an exhibition for University of South Carolina students reading Michael Shaara's bestselling book The Killer Angels, this catalogue recounts the story of the battle of Gettysburg day by day, with an opening section introducing the major participants and a final section dealing with the commemoration of the battle and its treatment in later American literature. All the items in the exhibition are drawn from the Francis A. Lord Civil War Collection and the Robert S. Chamberlain Military History Collection, both in Rare Books & Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries.
The James Willard Oliver Collection Of David Hume & Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Patrick G. Scott
The James Willard Oliver Collection Of David Hume & Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Patrick G. Scott
Patrick Scott
Describes a collection of first and other editions of the Scottish philosopher David Hume, recently donated to the University of South Carolina by Prof. James Willard Oliver, and uses older library records from the library of South Carolina College (founded in 1801) to chart the changing reputation and influence of Hume's philosophical works as compared to his essays and historical writings. First presented at the SE American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, in Columbia, SC, February 3003.
In Memoriam: Trevor Howard-Hill, 17 October 1933-1 June 2011, Patrick G. Scott, William Baker
In Memoriam: Trevor Howard-Hill, 17 October 1933-1 June 2011, Patrick G. Scott, William Baker
Patrick Scott
Obituary on Trevor H. Howard-Hill (1933-2011), C. Wallace Martin Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, Shakespearean scholar, descriptive bibliographer, compiler of the multi-volume series Index to British Literary Bibliography (1969-2007), and editor of Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America.