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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
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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.
"Interpretative Aims And Textual-Critical Decisions: Some Historical Constraints In The Discrimination Of Textual Versions", Patrick G. Scott
"Interpretative Aims And Textual-Critical Decisions: Some Historical Constraints In The Discrimination Of Textual Versions", Patrick G. Scott
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Responds to a recent article by Peter Shillingsburg (in Studies in Bibliography , 1991)on the taxonomy of authorial revision or textual versions, arguing that for critical, biographical and historical study the editor (and interpreter) is constrained in the choice of variant by the purpose for which the text is being used. Examples are drawn from Victorian authors, including Alfred Tennyson, specifically the versions of Maud, and John Henry Newman, specifically successive versions of what became The Idea of the University. Originally presented at a symposium on Shillingsburg's article at the Textual and Bibliographical Studies Section, South Atlantic Modern …
Divergent Composition Patterns And Editorial Problems In Clough's Poetry, Patrick G. Scott
Divergent Composition Patterns And Editorial Problems In Clough's Poetry, Patrick G. Scott
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Describes the characteristic ways in which the Victorian poet Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) wrote and revised his poetry, arguing that Clough's most creative works came when his revision pattern diverged from his original idea, rather than refining it (converging), and explores the implications of Clough's divergent composition method for the editing of his major poems, including "Adam and Eve" ("The Mystery of the Fall") and "Dipsychus." Originally presented at the Textual and Bibliographical Studies section of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, October 1982.