The Text of Paradise Lost: A Study in Editorial Procedure |
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... example , the spelling seems to have been subjected to a conscious policy of standardization and modernization ( ore - o'er , hainous - heinous , fatall- fatal , penaltie - penalty , strait - straight , cattel - cattle , sent - scent ...
... example , the spelling seems to have been subjected to a conscious policy of standardization and modernization ( ore - o'er , hainous - heinous , fatall- fatal , penaltie - penalty , strait - straight , cattel - cattle , sent - scent ...
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... Example in any other printed Book ' and that only liberal emendation ( of the kind proposed in his apparatus ) will give us the author's ' own Words . ' Later , in fact , Bentley will make and defend choices between Quarto and Octavo ...
... Example in any other printed Book ' and that only liberal emendation ( of the kind proposed in his apparatus ) will give us the author's ' own Words . ' Later , in fact , Bentley will make and defend choices between Quarto and Octavo ...
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... examples where the construc- tion of the lines is very similar but the punctuation does not fall within Darbishire's ... example , in reading a passage like 4.18-22 pause longer between him and for than between thoughts and and . To ...
... examples where the construc- tion of the lines is very similar but the punctuation does not fall within Darbishire's ... example , in reading a passage like 4.18-22 pause longer between him and for than between thoughts and and . To ...
Contents
The Early Editions 16781730 | 30 |
Richard Bentley to Thomas Newton | 59 |
The Modern Editorial Preoccupation | 80 |
Copyright | |
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