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- catalog abstract ""It has long been a task of great scholars to establish definitive texts of major works. But why, Bernard Cerquiglini asks, must there be such a preference? Might such a preference distort the fundamental understanding of what texts are or could be?" "In this study, Bernard Cerquiglini examines the relation between philosophical studies and their texts, paying special attention to texts from the Middle Ages. He finds that the scientific reconstruction of texts is not only a recent historical phenomenon but also an anachronism that loses exactly what it seeks: a way of confronting a text in its own terms. In the medieval period, Cerquiglini observes, works were translated into French and transmitted in French copies that often varied greatly. For centuries such texts were valued, in part, precisely because each was in some manner unique. The variant was not necessarily a careless accident but a sign of precious individuality and a source of pleasure, even joy. To honor those texts, Cerquiglini prepared this engaging eulogy, In Praise of the Variant."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Eloge de la variante. English".
- catalog contributor b11138867.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""It has long been a task of great scholars to establish definitive texts of major works. But why, Bernard Cerquiglini asks, must there be such a preference? Might such a preference distort the fundamental understanding of what texts are or could be?" "In this study, Bernard Cerquiglini examines the relation between philosophical studies and their texts, paying special attention to texts from the Middle Ages. He finds that the scientific reconstruction of texts is not only a recent historical phenomenon but also an anachronism that loses exactly what it seeks: a way of confronting a text in its own terms. In the medieval period, Cerquiglini observes, works were translated into French and transmitted in French copies that often varied greatly. For centuries such texts were valued, in part, precisely because each was in some manner unique. The variant was not necessarily a careless accident but a sign of precious individuality and a source of pleasure, even joy. To honor those texts, Cerquiglini prepared this engaging eulogy, In Praise of the Variant."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Textuary Modernity -- 2. Mr. Procrustes, Philologist -- 3. The Joyful Excess -- 4. Gaston Paris and the Dinosaurs -- 5. Turn the Page.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-88) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 93 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0801861268 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Parallax".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog subject "801/.959 21".
- catalog subject "Criticism, Textual History.".
- catalog subject "P47 .C4713 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Textuary Modernity -- 2. Mr. Procrustes, Philologist -- 3. The Joyful Excess -- 4. Gaston Paris and the Dinosaurs -- 5. Turn the Page.".
- catalog title "Eloge de la variante. English".
- catalog title "In praise of the variant : a critical history of philology / Bernard Cerquiglini ; translated by Betsy Wing.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".