Twenty essays, most published between the middle 1970s and the middle 1990s document Greetham's intellectual career as it has been influenced over time. Among his topics are textual criticism in graduate education, models for the textual transmission of translation, normalization and challenges in e
Twenty essays, most published between the middle 1970s and the middle 1990s document Greetham's intellectual career as it has been influenced over tim...
Through the concept of contamination, David Greetham highlights various ways that one text may invade another, carrying with it a residue of potential meaning. While the focus of this study is on written works, the scope ranges widely over music, politics, art, science, philosophy, religion, and social studies. Greetham argues that this sort of contamination is not only ubiquitous in contemporary culture, but may also be a necessary and beneficial circumstance. Tracing contamination from the Middle Ages onward, he takes up issues such as the placement of quote marks in Keats's "Ode to a...
Through the concept of contamination, David Greetham highlights various ways that one text may invade another, carrying with it a residue of potent...
