| RQ-50293-07 | Research Programs: Scholarly Editions and Translations | Washington University | The Spenser Project | 7/1/2007 - 3/31/2010 | $150,000.00 | Joseph | F. | Loewenstein | | | | Washington University | St. Louis | MO | 63130-4862 | USA | 2007 | British Literature | Scholarly Editions and Translations | Research Programs | 150000 | 0 | 150000 | 0 | Preparation, annotation, and digitization of Volumes 1 and 2 of the collected works of early modern British author Edmund Spenser. (36 months)
The Spenser Project has two main components: 1) Oxford University Press will publish "The Collected Works of Edmund Spenser," prose and verse, in three volumes, re-edited from the earliest extant sources in manuscript and print; 2) the editors will construct a digital archive containing our fully edited text, which will be marked up to enable readers to examine textual features and scholarly materials in ways not possible with a print edition. The archive will also contain facsimiles of original materials, including scans of each textual variant. It will serve as a fully searchable research tool and as a teaching tool that presents a wide range of engaging possibilities to the novice user. Taken separately, either part of this project would be a substantial contribution to teaching and research in the humanities; taken together, they address the challenges of editing early modern texts and make the scarce resources of research libraries and archives available to readers everywhere. |