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Two Approaches to Medieval Poetry: Antiquarians’ Editorial Practices in the 18th–19th Centuries
- Authors: Kolosova E.I.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Issue: No 5(873) (2023)
- Pages: 139-145
- Section: Literary criticism
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/351596
- ID: 351596
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Abstract
In 1760-1860 British scholars looked for the origins of the English metrical romances. At the end of the 18th century, in their writings and collections of ancient poetry, they explained their editorial approaches. Among the English collectors of early and medieval poetry, two editorial approaches developed under the influence of T. Percy and J. Ritson. The article examines their editorial approaches, as well as their influence on the 19th century editorial practices.
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Ekaterina Igorevna Kolosova
Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lomonosov Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: kolosova@inion.ru
Junior Researcher, Literary Studies Department, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences; PhD Student, Department of Foreign literature, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
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