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Article
Divergent Authenticities: Editing Scottish Literary Texts: Introduction: How Editorial Theories Have Changed
Studies in Scottish Literature
Disciplines
Abstract
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.
Publication Date
8-31-2013
Citation Information
Patrick G. Scott. "Divergent Authenticities: Editing Scottish Literary Texts: Introduction: How Editorial Theories Have Changed" (2013) p. 3 - 14 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick_scott/266/