Der Autor und sein Text: Die Verfälschung des Originals im Urteil antiker Autoren

Markus Mülke

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Der Autor und sein Text

Die Verfälschung des Originals im Urteil antiker Autoren

Falsification and Distortion of an Original Text as Judged by Authors in Antiquity

Markus Mülke

Volume 93 in the series Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110210439

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About this book

The literature of Greek and Roman Antiquity handed down in manuscripts was exposed to the constant danger of texts being corrupted by manipulations not sanctioned by the author concerned. This can also be demonstrated in translations, for example if the text of a foreign-language book was altered by a translator without the original author’s consent. The authors, however – i.e. those affected themselves – were highly conscious of their auctorial status and condemned the secondary manipulation of their works as a presumptuous attack on the integrity of the original text. The present study devotes itself to these practices of falsification and distortion using evidence presented by the authors concerned over a period stretching from Early Greece to the beginning of the Middle Ages.

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Markus Mülke, Augustana-Hochschule, Neuendettelsau.

Reviews

"M. does an admirable job by serving both purposes, remaining concise and methodologically accurate on the one hand and writing in a very readable and interesting style on the other. Consequently, for the scholar, the advanced student, and the learned non-specialist alike it is a pleasure to read the book as a whole (as usual, well produced and supplied with a high quality binding by Walter de Gruyter publishers); [...]"
Thomas J. Kraus in: BMCR 2009.03.34

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Inhaltsverzeichnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Einleitung: Eine Textrevision aus der Gegenwart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
A. Die „beschränkten Schutzmittel“ des Autors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
B. Offene Literatur und „work in progress“? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
C. Verfälschende Epitomai und Florilegien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
D. Der Übersetzer als Verfälscher oder neuer Autor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
E. Umfassende Rezensionen ganzer Werke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Schluß und Ausblick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266

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Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Main content: 419
Keywords: Antiquity; Textual Criticism

eBook

Published: December 10, 2008
ISBN: 9783110210439

Hardcover

Published: March 18, 2008
ISBN: 9783110202502