The Reader, the Editor, and the Electronic Critical Edition
- Author / Editor
- Baker, Peter S.
The Reader, the Editor, and the Electronic Critical Edition
- Published
- Vincent P. McCarren and Douglas Moffat, eds. A Guide to Editing Middle English (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998), pp. 263-83.
- Description
- Suggests that "hypertextuality" is the only major advantage of electronic texts over books and indicates an ideal system for a critical edition in electronic format by examining a "working model" of such editions of "Beowulf" and "Battle of Brunanburh."
- Illustrates the differences between electronic and print editions through an example from TC (2.85-86).
- Alternative Title
- A Guide to Editing Middle English.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.
- Troilus and Criseyde.