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"Interpretative Aims And Textual-Critical Decisions: Some Historical Constraints In The Discrimination Of Textual Versions", Patrick G. Scott Nov 1991

"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 …


A Streetcar Named Desire: The Moth And The Lantern, Philip C. Kolin Oct 1991

A Streetcar Named Desire: The Moth And The Lantern, Philip C. Kolin

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No abstract provided.


'The Birthday Party' And 'The Caretaker', S. Anne Stascavage Jul 1991

'The Birthday Party' And 'The Caretaker', S. Anne Stascavage

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'Death Of A Salesman' And 'The Crucible', S. Anne Stascavage Jul 1991

'Death Of A Salesman' And 'The Crucible', S. Anne Stascavage

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'Murder In The Cathedral' And 'The Cocktail Party', S. Anne Stascavage Jul 1991

'Murder In The Cathedral' And 'The Cocktail Party', S. Anne Stascavage

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'Favored In My Birthplace': Local Roots And Cultural Identity In Victorian Writing, Patrick G. Scott May 1991

'Favored In My Birthplace': Local Roots And Cultural Identity In Victorian Writing, Patrick G. Scott

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Discusses the vocabularies in which literary critics since Matthew Arnold have described writing about place ("local," "regional," "national," "cosmopolitan," "peripheral," "central," "universal," "parochial," and "provincial"), and the differing perspectives of writers from Wordsworth to Thomas Hardy, to argue that the Victorian recognition of and ambivalence about provinciality is of lasting significance for understanding cultural identity in complex societies.


Ralph Waldo Emerson And Helen Hunt Jackson In La Edad De Oro, Anne Fountain Mar 1991

Ralph Waldo Emerson And Helen Hunt Jackson In La Edad De Oro, Anne Fountain

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When Jose Martí began publication of La Edad de Oro in the summer of 1889, his purpose was to inform and to entertain the "children of America." In the four issues he published (July, August, September, October) Martí's range of topics included literary classics modified for children, original poetry, versions in Spanish of two North American poems, and a commentary on the youthful beginnings of famous writers-in sum a variety of literary lessons.While Martí is much studied and there are numerous works about La Edad de Oro, scant attention has been given to its selections from United States poetry: the …