{"product_id":"making-the-archives-talk-new-and-selected-essays-in-bibliography-editing-and-book-history-paperback-1","title":"Making the Archives Talk: New and Selected Essays in Bibliography, Editing, and Book History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames L. W. West III\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaking the Archives Talk\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of twelve essays by editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III. In these essays, West sets forth his views of editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. He has published editions of major writings by Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Styron. Drawing on these editions for examples, West defends intentionalist editing and the eclectic emendation of texts. He discusses the treatment of both public documents (novels, stories, and nonfiction) and private texts (letters, diaries, journals, and working papers). Highlights of the collection include \"The Scholarly Editor as Biographer,\" \"Editorial Theory and the Act of Submission,\" \"Double Quotes and Double Meanings in \u003ci\u003eJennie Gerhardt\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \"Annotating Mr. Fitzgerald,\" and \"The End Is Near.\" Two of the essays, \"Toxic Words and the Editor\" and \"Keeper of the Flame: Editing the Literary Remains of William Styron,\" are previously unpublished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames L. W. West III is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at The Pennsylvania State University and general editor of Penn State Studies in the History of the Book. He has published some twenty scholarly editions--among them editions of Theodore Dreiser's \u003ci\u003eSister Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJennie Gerhardt\u003c\/i\u003e; F. Scott Fitzgerald's \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrimalchio\u003c\/i\u003e; and William Styron's \u003ci\u003eInheritance of Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLetters to My Father\u003c\/i\u003e. West's books include \u003ci\u003eAmerican Authors and the Literary Marketplace Since 1900\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eWilliam Styron: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Hour: The Romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). He has been awarded fellowships and grants from the J. S. Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, the American Philosophical Society, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Academy in Rome. West has held Fulbright appointments in England at Cambridge University and in Belgium at the Université de Liège.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46582447505605,"sku":"9780271050683","price":78.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ldrCsbSyc59780271050683_37b0623f-143a-4425-b6ae-0212ae6c8be0.webp?v=1784802205","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/making-the-archives-talk-new-and-selected-essays-in-bibliography-editing-and-book-history-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}