The Computer and the Making of Editions

Author / Editor
Robinson, Peter

Title
The Computer and the Making of Editions

Published
Vincent P. McCarren and Douglas Moffat, eds. A Guide to Editing Middle English (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998), pp. 249-61.

Description
Argues that computer technology is changing "what scholars do as they edit," drawing examples from the activities of the "Canterbury Tales" Project to describe the new quesions raised about visual reproduction of manuscripts, representation of transcription, and choices of collation software and delivery systems.

Alternative Title
A Guide to Editing Middle English.

Chaucer Subjects
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.