Digital Scholarly Editing

<p>This volume presents the state of the art in digital scholarly editing. Drawing together the work of established and emerging researchers it gives pause  at a crucial moment in the history of technology in order to offer a sustained  reflection on the practices involved in producing editing and reading digital scholarly editions—and the theories that underpin them.<br />The unrelenting progress of computer technology has changed the nature of textual scholarship at the most fundamental level: the way editors and scholars work the tools they use to do such work and the research questions they attempt to answer have all been affected.  Each of the essays in <em>Digital Scholarly Editing </em>approaches these changes with a different methodological consideration in mind. Together they make a compelling case for re-evaluating the foundation of the discipline—one that tests its assertions against manuscripts and printed works from across literary history and the globe. <br />The sheer breadth of <em>Digital Scholarly Editing</em> along with its successful integration of theory and practice help redefine a rapidly-changing field as its firm grounding and future-looking ambit ensure the work will be an indispensable starting point for further scholarship. This collection is essential reading for editors scholars students and readers who are invested in the future of textual scholarship and the digital humanities. </p>