„Authorial Intention”: A Few Remarks On a Noble Lie in Scholarly Editing
Paweł Bem (The Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
The article addresses the practice of critical editing in Poland. It establishes a framework for the evaluation of the theoretical underpinnings of this practice as a refl ection of the author’s intention. Bem advocates a „new philology” paradigm in scholarly editing. The perspective of „new philology” enables the handling of every text as a unique artifact. Bem is in favor of retaining old forms of spelling and questions the common practices of modenization.
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The sample of Polish version of this article is available here: http://tekstualia.pl/index.php/pl/nasze-numery/266-1-48-2017/artykuly/1372-zachowac-intencje-autora-o-szlachetnym-klamstwie-w-edytorstwie-naukowym
