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How oral must an oral poem be? The eEdition as argument

Daniel Paul O'Donnell. How oral must an oral poem be? The eEdition as argument. Cædmon's Hymn: an (almost) indisputably oral poem. Cædmon panel, Whitby. Cædmon's Hymn has longitudinally stable text. Recensional variation in Cædmon's Hymn (O'Donnell 2005 § 5.2) ‏.

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How oral must an oral poem be? The eEdition as argument

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  1. Daniel Paul O'Donnell How oral must an oral poem be? The eEdition as argument

  2. Cædmon's Hymn: an (almost) indisputably oral poem Cædmon panel, Whitby

  3. Cædmon's Hymn has longitudinally stable text Recensional variation in Cædmon's Hymn (O'Donnell 2005 § 5.2)‏

  4. Inter-recensional variation can be largely explained Recensional and cross-recensional development (O'Donnell 2005 § 5.37)‏

  5. Recensions (mostly) also internally stable Recensional and cross-recensional development (O'Donnell 2005 § 5.37)‏

  6. Northumbrian aelda-recension: Few variants Northumbrian aelda recension (O'Donnell 2005)‏

  7. West-Saxon eorðan-recension: More variable West-Saxon eorðan recension (O'Donnell 2005)‏

  8. Pattern of variation is more significant than amount Variation, eorðan recension (O'Donnell 2005 § 7.62)‏

  9. C-O-Ca Recension

  10. T1-B1-To Recension

  11. B1 Performance

  12. Editorial issues Famous editors (Bottle of wine to person who gets them all)‏

  13. Dobbie (1937 vs. 1942) illustrates danger Recensional variation from Dobbie 1937

  14. Dobbie (1937 vs. 1942) illustrates danger Recensional variation from Dobbie 1937

  15. Dobbie (1937 vs. 1942) illustrates danger Recensional variation from Dobbie 1937

  16. Dobbie (1937 vs. 1942) illustrates danger Dialectal text from Dobbie 1942 Recensional variation from Dobbie 1937

  17. Solution Electronic, print, and facsimile views from O'Donnell 20005

  18. Print edition for 'canonical' editorial texts

  19. Electronic edition for argument

  20. Facsimiles for scholarship

  21. Digital editions can now serve more than one master

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