A Guide to Documentary Editing, 3d edition Book

Foreword Roger A. Bruns xi Introduction: What Is Documentary Editing? Where Did It Come From? 1 I Early American Documentary Editing 4 II Statesmen's Papers and "Historical" Editing 6 III Editing the Nation's Literature: The Americanization of Copy-Text 8 IV The Evolution of Distinctive Methodologies 11 V The 1950s: The Critical Reception of Historical Editing 13 VI The 1960s and 1970s: Editing and Relevance 13 VII The MLA and Private Writings 17 VIII The Beginning of Interdisciplinary Evaluation 19 IX A Period of Reexamination: The 1980s and 1990s 22 X The Reshaping of Scholarly Editing and Publication by Electronic Technology 25 XI A Guide to Editing in a New Millennium 27 Suggested Readings 31 Chapter 1 Initiating an Editorial Project 35 I The Guide's Electronic Component 36 II Old Lessons in a New Century 36 III What Kind of Edition Will It Be? 38 IV The Control File and Its Descendants 44 Suggested Readings 50 Chapter 2 Putting the Control File to Work 52 I The Search for Documents 52 II Cataloging and Control 75 III Conclusion 84 Suggested Readings 85 Chapter 3 Identifying Source Texts 87 I Authentication and Attribution 88 II Types of Documentary Materials 90 III Horrible Exceptions to These Simple Rules 103 IV Conclusion 109 Suggested Readings 109 Chapter 4 Transcribing the Source Text 112 I Who Does the Transcribing? 114 II General Rules for Transcription 115 III Special Transcription Methods 117 IV Transcription Forms and Control 118 V Factors Affecting Transcription Methods 119 VI Conclusion 139 Suggested Readings 140 Chapter 5 The Conventions of Textual Treatment 141 I The Bases of Scholarly Editing: Standardizing, Recording, and Emending 144 IIPhotographic and Typographic Facsimiles 146 III Editorial Texts Requiring Symbols or Textual Annotation 151 IV Diplomatic Transcriptions 161 V The Middle Ground: Inclusive Texts and Expanded Transcriptions 163 VI Clear Text 173 VII Electronic Publication 178 VIII Conclusion 178 Suggested Readings 179 Chapter 6 From Transcriptions to Editorial Texts 181 I Putting Transcriptions to Work 181 II Exceptions to Some General Rules 187 III Translations 203 IV Current "Good Practice" 209 V Conclusion 212 Suggested Readings 213 Chapter 7 Nontextual Elements of an Edition 215 I Select Editions and Comprehensive Records 215 II Organization 219 III Contextual Editorial Contributions 227 IV Citation of Sources 249 V Preparation of Informational Notes 254 VI Supplements to Informational Annotation 255 VII Conclusion 258 Suggested Readings 259 Chapter 8 Publishing the Edition 263 I Book Editions: From Hot Type to No Type 264 II Microforms 267 III Electronic Editions 268 IV Documentary Editors and Their Publishers 273 V Front and Back Matter 274 VI CSE Inspections 280 VII Final Establishment of the Documentary Text 281 VIII The Index 283 IX After Publication 288 Suggested Readings 289 Appendix Form Letters 291 References 295 Index 319