A Poetics of Editing 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Greenberg, Susan L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319922459 ISBN-13: 9783319922454 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry |
Dewey: 002 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.08 lbs) 265 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This original and authoritative book offers a first-ever attempt to define a poetics of the editing arts. It proposes a new field of editing studies, in which the 'ideal editor' can be understood in relation to the long-theorised author and reader. The book's premise is that editing, like other forms of 'making', is mostly invisible and can only be brought into full view through a comparative analysis that includes the insights of practitioners. The argument, laid down in careful layers, is supported by a panoramic historical narrative that tracks the shifts in textual authority from religious and secular institutions to the romanticised self of the digital present. The dangers posed by the anti-editing rhetoric of this hybrid romanticism are confronted head-on. To the traditional perception of editing as the imposition of closure, A Poetics of Editing adds a perspective on a dynamic process with a sense of the possible. |