Printed and digital wor(l)ds
Retrospectives and perspectives of scholarly editing in Slavic countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9640878 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dmytro Yesypenko (0000-0003-4720-8370, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-66 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Slavonic Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-5006 • E-ISSN: 2375-2475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00085006.2019.1708530 |
| OpenAlex | W3005565006 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article raises the question of the continuity of national traditions of scholarly editing (from print to digital), and points to the possibility of overcoming the “inertia of tradition.” It first considers the transition of the editing and publishing of literature in Slavic countries from amateur activities based on subjective principles to scholarly editing. The author pays particular attention to the evolution of the editor’s role, as well as to opportunities for researchers, editors, and publishers in the context of digitizing the humanities. The second part of this article focuses on pioneering attempts at digital representations of Slavic literatures, their problems, and achievements. The author concludes with some observations concerning the role played by editions of authors regarded as classics in the evolution of national identities in Slavic countries. He argues that significant achievements in print editing do not guarantee success in digital editing, nor do relatively modest achievements and limited possibilities in print editing preclude success in the digital representations of national literatures. Most examples, observations, and generalizations refer to the history of scholarly editing of Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian literatures. However, speaking about contemporary editing, the author also addresses the experience of scholars from Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Anglo-American academia
Amateur · Art · Context (archaeology · Czech · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Publishing · Slavic languages · Slavic studies · Slovak · Sociology · Ukrainian · Classics · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · History · Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
| Highly cited | No |
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