Year: 2007
Type: other
Abstract: Finns have learned to demand that music is performed by top level orchestras and to expect that art can be enjoyed in good museums under the guidance of professional guides.Literary classics, on the other hand, can be read from the first paperback that catches one's eye.It suffices that the right name appears on the cover and it does not matter what sources on which the text is based or even if the text partly remains obscure because of the missing annotations or contextualizing essays.In many countries with a long literary history, educated people expect that classic editions should be properly edited and contain the introductory essays and annotation that explain the old texts for modern readers.The French have Bibliothéque de la Plèiade, a series of classic editions, whereas English literature can be studied by reading Norton Critical Editions and many other Anglo-American series.Swedish readers can read the Swedish Literary Society's (Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet) editions and in Germany readers have, among others, a new institute for textual criticism, Institut für Textkritik, founded in the 1990s.The above-mentioned series and institutes differ from one another, but they all promote literary criticism, teaching and layperson reading in many ways.They
DOI: 10.30665/av.74715
Author: Sakari Katajamäki
Institution: Finnish Literature Society
Language: Finnish
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2890695416