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The purpose of this book is to justify textual criticism -- but what it really calls for is not textual criticism; it's burying the world in endless piles of wastepaper, because you can't ever throw anything out!
Let me explain by talking about Shakespeare's King Lear, since it often comes up in discussions of this type. At some time, Shakespeare wrote a manuscript of that play. (Possibly more than show more one, but there was presumably one final draft.) We don't have the manuscript. This original text was probably modified somewhat by the theatre company as they prepared to present it; these changes would have been represented by the prompt-book used by the staff of the company. We don't have the pr
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G. Thomas Tanselle papper
[bulk ]The G. Thomas Tanselle Papers contain correspondence, writings, and other materials related to Tanselle's work on bibliographical, bibliophilic, and textual subjects. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, the correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters with many of the prominent figures in the bibliographical world from Writings include manuscripts, proofs, and related correspondence for each of Tanselle's publications. This series is arranged by date. All correspondence relating to each publication is contained within these files. For example, most of Tanselle's correspondence with Fredson Bowers is contained in the writings series. Tanselle's body of work is quite prolific, and many of the proofs and drafts for these works are represented in this series. His first book, on the early American playwright Royall Tyler (), resulted in his being named to the Kennedy Center Advisory Committee for Drama for the Bicentennial in It
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G. Thomas Tanselle
American bibliographer (born )
George Thomas Tanselle (born January 29, ) is an American textual critic, bibliographer, and book collector, especially known for his work on Herman Melville. He was Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation from to [1]
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[edit]George Thomas Tanselle was born on January 29, , in Lebanon, Indiana.[2] He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in [2] Tanselle attended graduate school at Northwestern University where he studied with Harrison Hayford among others. He received his PhD in from the department of English where his dissertation was titled Faun at the Barricades: The Life and Work of Floyd Dell.[3]
From through he taught at the University of Wisconsin.[4] After moving to New York City in , he served as vice president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation until [4]
He was an adjunct professor of English at Columbi