Dirk Van Hulle

Sònia Boadas

Paola Italia

Giulia Raboni

Marco Presotto

Margherita Centenari

Francesco Feriozzi

Carmela Marranchino

Olga Beloborodova

 Pim Verhulst

A stark departure from traditional philology, What is Authorial Philology? is the first comprehensive treatment of authorial philology as a discipline in its own right. It provides readers with an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of editing ‘authorial texts’ alongside an exploration of authorial philology in its cultural and conceptual architecture. The originality and distinction of this work lies in its clear systematization of a discipline whose autonomous status has only recently been recognised (at least in Italy), though its roots may extend back as far as Giorgio Pasquali. This pioneering volume offers both a methodical set of instructions on how to read critical editions, and a wide range of practical examples, expanding upon the conceptual and methodological apparatus laid out in the first two chapters. By presenting a thorough account of the historical and theoretical framework through which authorial philology developed, Paola Italia and Giulia Raboni successfully reconceptualize the authorial text as an ever-changing organism, subject to alteration and modification. What is Authorial Philology? will be of great didactic value to students and researchers alike, providing readers with a fuller understanding of the rationale behind different editing practices, and addressing both traditional and newer methods such as the use of the digital medium and its implications. Spanning the whole Italian tradition from Petrarch to Carlo Emilio Gadda, this ground-breaking volume provokes us to consider important questions concerning a text’s dynamism, the extent to which an author is ‘agentive’, and, most crucially, about the very nature of what we read.

What is Authorial Philology?

Folke Gernert

Mariona Sánchez Ruiz

María Vázquez Melio

Miguel M. García-Bermejo Giner

Christina Johanna Bischoff

Luis María Gómez Canseco

Alberto Montaner Frutos

Felice Gambin

Miriam Palacios Larrosa

Jorge García López

Descripción / Resumen (Español / Castellano): Los trabajos que el lector encontrará reunidos en el presente volumen son prolongación de las líneas de investigación abordadas previamente por la red hispanogermana "Saberes humanísticos y formas de vida". El objeto de estudio en esta ocasión es la relación entre literatura, ciencia y pensamiento en los siglos XVI-XVIII, basándose por la mayor parte en textos y formas de divulgación que tratan aspectos mágicos y escépticos. Como es sabido, el estudio de la literatura, en muchas ocasiones, no es únicamente literario, ni siquiera humanístico, sino que se vincula también con el horizonte científico y la episteme de cada época. En los siglos XVI-XVIII, literatura, ciencia y pensamiento estaban imbricados en las obras de muchos escritores cuyos intereses iban más allá de lo propiamente literario, interesándose por la medicina, la astrología o la astronomía, entre otras opciones científicas. Autores que ahora consideramos científicos fueran tenidos por hombres de letras o humanistas en un momento en que literatura y ciencia iban de la mano. Al estudio de esa feliz convergencia va dedicado el volumen. Descripción / Resumen (Catalán): Els treballs que el lector trobarà reunits en el present volum són prolongació de les línies de recerca abordades prèviament per la xarxa hispanogermana "Sabers humanístics i formes de vida". L'objecte d'estudi en aquesta ocasió és la relació entre literatura, ciència i pensament en els segles XVI-XVIII, basant-se per la major part en textos i formes de divulgació que tracten aspectes màgics i escèptics. Com és sabut, l'estudi de la literatura, en moltes ocasions, no és únicament literari, ni tan sols humanístic, sinó que es vincula també amb l'horitzó científic i l'episteme de cada època. Als segles XVI-XVIII, literatura, ciència i pensament estaven imbricats en les obres de molts escriptors els interessos anaven més enllà del que és pròpiament literari, interessant-se per la medicina, l'astrologia o l'astronomia, entre altres opcions científiques. Autors que ara considerem científics fossin tinguts per homes de lletres o humanistes en un moment en què literatura i ciència anaven de la mà. A l'estudi d'aquesta feliç convergència va dedicat el volum. Descripción / Resumen (Inglés): The works that the reader will find in this volume are a continuation of the lines of research previously addressed by the Spanish-German network "Humanistic knowledge and ways of life". The object of study on this occasion is the relationship between literature, science and thought in the XVI-XVIII centuries, based for the most part on texts and forms of dissemination that deal with magical and skeptical aspects. As is well known, the study of literature, in many cases, is not only literary, not even humanistic, but is also linked to the scientific horizon and the episteme of each era. In the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries, literature, science and thought were imbricated in the works of many writers whose interests went beyond the strictly literary, interested in medicine, astrology or astronomy, among other scientific options. Authors that we now consider scientists were considered men of letters or humanists at a time when literature and science went hand in hand. The volume is dedicated to the study of that happy convergence.

De la magia al escepticismo. Literatura, ciencia y pensamiento en los siglos XVI - XVIII

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