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Tanselle, George Thomas was born on January 29, 1934 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Son of K. Edwin and Madge R. (Miller) Tanselle.
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First edition, second printing. Widely acclaimed account of the remarkable career of Fredson Bowers, whose life (1905-1991) spanned the twentieth century and who came to symbolize the fields of analytical and descriptive bibliography, textual criticism, and scholarly editing.
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(Text of the address delivered by G. Thomas Tanselle, dist...)
Text of the address delivered by G. Thomas Tanselle, distinguished bibliophile and academic, at The Grolier Club in 2006 as part of the Robert L. Nikirk lecture series.
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First edition. Fifteen essays exploring the interconnections between verbal works and the physical objects primarily manuscripts and printed books that transmit them. Divided into five groups with such chapters as "Libraries, Museums, and Reading," "The Latest Forms of Book-Burning," "A Description of Descriptive Bibliography," "Books, Canons, and the Nature of Dispute," and "Printing History and Other History." xvii, 355 pages. cloth.. 8vo..
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First edition, third printing. Eight essays on the discipline and art of textual criticism and scholarly editing by the preeminent scholar G. Thomas Tanselle. Many of these essays have played a role in ongoing debates, and some of them - such as "The Editorial Problem of Final Authorial Intention" and "The Editing of Historical Documents" - have become points of reference in the field. xiv, 353 pages. cloth.. thick 8vo..
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First edition. Widely acclaimed account of the remarkable career of Fredson Bowers, whose life 1905-1991 spanned the twentieth century and who came to symbolize the fields of analytical and dexcriptive bibliography, textual criticism, and scholarly editing. viii, 210 pages. cloth.. 8vo..
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( Textual criticism—the traditional term for the task of ...)
Textual criticism—the traditional term for the task of evaluating the authority of the words and punctuation of a text—is often considered an undertaking preliminary to literary criticism: many people believe that the job of textual critics is to provide reliable texts for literary critics to analyze. G. Thomas Tanselle argues, on the contrary, that the two activities cannot be separated. The textual critic, in choosing among textual variants and correcting what appear to be textual errors, inevitably exercises critical judgment and reflects a particular point of view toward the nature of literature. And the literary critic, in interpreting the meaning of a work or passage, needs to be (though rarely is) critical of the makeup of every text of it, including those produced by scholarly editors.
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Studying printed books as physical objects can reveal not only how books were produced, but also how their design and layout features emerged and came to convey meanings. This concise and accessible introduction to analytical bibliography in its historical context explains in clear, non-specialist language how to find and analyze clues about a book's manufacture and how to examine the significance of a book's design. Written by one of the most eminent bibliographical and textual scholars working today, the book is both a practical guide to bibliographical research and a history of bibliography as a developing field of study. For all who use books, this is an ideal starting point for learning how to read the object along with the words.
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Well over a century after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.
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Expanded edition. The second half of the twentieth century was one of the most active and provocative periods in the long history of textual criticism. This series of six critical essays surveys theoretical writings in the field from 1950 to 2000 and more than doubles the size of the 1987 edition. The eminent textual scholar G. Thomas Tanselle here chronicles a significant moment in intellectual history and offers a guide for thinking through the basic issues of textual criticism and scholarly editing. With index. xiii, iii , 373 pages. cloth. 8vo..
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( This book provides a basic guide to the study of the p...)
This book provides a basic guide to the study of the printed matter which has been produced in the United States. The great bulk of research in this field has occurred during the last half century, yet no comprehensive attempt has been made to record it. Recognizing the need for an up-to-date guide to such investigations, G. Thomas Tanselle has compiled a listing of the principal material dealing with printing and publishing in this country. In his introduction Mr. Tanselle surveys the research which has attempted to trace the history of printing and publishing in America from its inception to the present and explains how this material can be utilized effectively. In nine carefully arranged categories he covers bibliographies of imprints of particular localities; bibliographies of works in particular genres; listings of all editions and printings of works by individual writers; copyright records; catalogues of auction houses, book dealers, exhibitions, institutional libraries, and private collections; retrospective book-trade directories; studies of individual printers and publishers; general studies of printing and publishing; and checklists of secondary material. From the mass of material, an appendix selects 250 titles. Although the work is arranged so that the reader may easily locate relevant sections, a comprehensive index provides further aid in finding individual items. "A successful checklist," writes the author, "is not merely a work to be consulted for information but also a nucleus around which additional information can be gathered in a meaningful way; it provides a framework into which the community of workers in a field can place further references in an organized fashion." Guide to the Study of United States Imprints is a reference tool designed to serve both as a guide to research and as a practical manual for use in identifying, cataloguing, and recording printed matter. It will be of enormous value to scholars in American literature, history, and bibliography, to librarians, typographers, and bibliophiles, and to antiquarian book dealers and book collectors.
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Tanselle, George Thomas was born on January 29, 1934 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Son of K. Edwin and Madge R. (Miller) Tanselle.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Yale University, 1955. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1959.
Instructor Chicago City Junior College, 1958-1960, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1960-1961, assistant professor, 1961-1963, associate professor, 1963-1968, professor English, 1968—1978. Vice president John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1978—2006. Adjunct professor English & comparative literature Columbia University, 1980—2006.
Member Planning Institute Commission on English, 1961. Executive committee Center for Editions American Authors, 1970-1973. Advisory committee for drama for bicentennial Kennedy Center, 1974-1976.
Member Soviet-American symposium on editing Indiana University, 1976. Advisory committee Howells Memorial, Kittery Point, 1976-1978. Executive committee Center for Scholarly Editions, 1976-1981.
Member national advisory board Center for Book, Library. of Congress, since 1978. Advisory board Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, since 1978, Public and Printing History, A Guide to Manuscript Resources in the United States, since 1980. Board directors Literature Classics of the United States, Inc., since 1979, chairman editorial standards committee, since 1979, corporation secretary, since 1989.
Advisory committee North America imprints program, 1980-1992. Hanes lecturer University North Carolina, 1981. Advisory council Rosenbach Museum and Library., 1980-1983, Indiana University Institute Advisory Study, 1983-1990.
Faculty Summer Rare Book School, Columbia University, 1984-1987. Advisory board Center for American Culture Studies, Columbia University, 1985-1994, Blake Archive, since 1998, Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies, University Maryland, since 1990. Advisory council American Trust for the British Library., 1987-1992, American Literary Manuscripts project, since 1988.
Rosenbach lecturer University Pennsylvania, 1987. Board directors 18th Century Short-Title Catalogue/North America, Inc., since 1988, chairman, 1994—2010, Mark Twain Edition Project, since 1991. Visiting committee Lilly Library., 1988-1992.
Advisory committee Writings of J.F. Cooper, since 1990. Sandars lecturer Cambridge University, 1997. Board directors American Newspaper Repository, since 1999.
Faculty Beineke Library. Master Classes, since 1999. Advisory board Cambridge edition of Jonathan Swift, since 2002.
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(Studying printed books as physical objects can reveal not...)
( This book provides a basic guide to the study of the p...)
(Well over a century after its publication, Moby-Dick stil...)
(Text of the address delivered by G. Thomas Tanselle, dist...)
(First edition, second printing. Widely acclaimed accoun...)
(First edition, third printing. Eight essays on the discip...)
(Expanded edition. The second half of the twentieth centur...)
(First edition. Fifteen essays exploring the interconnecti...)
(First edition. Widely acclaimed account of the remarkable...)
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Member council Friends of Columbia University Libraries, 1990-1994. Board directors Friends of Lilly Library., 1990-1992. Member Modern Language Association (member executive committee bibliographical evidence group 1974-1975, methods of literature research division 1979-1983, chairman 1982, member Hubbell award Committee American literature section 1978-1982, chairman 1982, member committee on prize for independent scholars 1983-1987, chairman 1985-1987, chairman ad hoc committee on future of print record 1993-1995), Modern Humanities Research Association, Bibliographical Society London (president American Friends since 1992), Bibliographical Society Australia, Bibliographical Society of America (member council 1970-1994, vice chairman publications committee 1974-1976, chairman 1981-1984, secretary 1976-1978, chairman committee on regional groups, 1978-1980, Second vice president 1978-1980, 1st vice president 1980-1982, president 1984-1988, honorary member, 2004), Bibliographical Society University Virginia (president since 1992), Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Northern Illinois, Canada bibliographical societies (member council 1996-1999), Society for Bibliography of Natural History, Printing History Society (American correspondent 1970-1984 ), American Printing History Association (trustee New York chapter 1979-1985), Private Libraries Association, Indiana Research Libraries Association (committee on standards for rare book cataloging in machine-readable form 1978-1979), Fellows Morgan Library., Manuscript Society (board directors 1974-1979), American Public Library.
Film Project (board advisors since 1993), American Antiquarian Society (member publications committee 1972-1981, chairman committee 1978-1981, member council 1974-1992, honorary councillor, since 1992, delegate to American Council Learned Societies 1978-1993, executive committee delegations, 1987-1989, chairman executive committee program on book in American culture 1983-1989, committee on education, 1982-1985, chairman, 1983-1985, chairman committee on library 1988-1991), Society Textual Scholarship (advisory board since 1979, president 1981-1983), The Johnsonians (chairman 1993), Melville Society (president 1982, Electronic Melville Committee since 1997), Book Club California, Typophiles, Guild Book Workers, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Renaissance Society of America, American Society 18th-Century Studies, Renaissance English Text Society, Association Documentary Editing (chairman Julian Boyd award committee 1986, Boydston award committee 1995), Society Scholarly Public, Association internationale de bibliophilie (New York correspondent, Bulletin de bibliophile, since 1996), Society History of Authorship, Reading and Public (board directors 1993-1998), Century Club, Yale Club, Caxton Club, Grolier Club (publications committee 1979-1982, 83-87, 97—, council since 1980, small exhibitions committee 1979-1987, chairman 1980-1982, secretary 1982-1986, chairman library committee 1985-1986, 90-2002, president 1986-1990, honorary member, 2007), Odd Volumes, Phi Beta Kappa.