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UNINA9910787488603321 |
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Titolo |
Critical issues in editing exploration texts : papers given at the twenty-eighth annual Conference on Editorial Problems, University of Toronto, 6-7 November 1992 / / edited by Germaine Warkentin |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1995 |
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©1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-5615-8 |
1-4426-2357-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discoveries in geography - Sources - Editing |
Travelers' writings, English |
Travel writing - History |
Criticism, Textual |
History |
Conference papers and proceedings. |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Tractable Texts: Modern Editing and the Columbian Writings -- Editing Italian Sources for the History of Exploration -- The Editing of Richard Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western Planting" -- The Metamorphosis of Travellers into Authors: The Case of Paul Kane -- The Great Publication Societies -- A Double Tradition: Editing Book Twelve of the Florentine Codex -- Members of the Conference -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The papers in this collection deal with a cultural problem central to the study of the history of exploration: the editing and transmission of the texts in which explorers relate their experiences. The papers chart the transformation of the study of exploration writing from the genres of national epic and scientific reportage to the genre of cultural analysis. As well, they reflect on ongoing changes in our ideas about editorial |
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