Theodor Fontane’s Notebooks: A ‘Digital Genetic-Critical and Commented Edition’
The scholarly digital edition of the Theodor Fontane: Notizbücher provides open access, for the first time, to the full scope of the 19th-century German writer’s notebooks. The project has a strong focus on the materiality of the documents, which is reflected not only in meticulous diplomatic transc...
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| description | The scholarly digital edition of the Theodor Fontane: Notizbücher provides open access, for the first time, to the full scope of the 19th-century German writer’s notebooks. The project has a strong focus on the materiality of the documents, which is reflected not only in meticulous diplomatic transcriptions of Fontane’s notes, presented in their material contexts, but also in an extremely detailed documentation of the editorial principles and guidelines. The edition, thus, situates itself in an increased scholarly interest in materiality and mediality in the humanities since the ‘material turn’. Particularly, the edition contributes to a reassessment of the genre of the notebook as a portable “writing lab”. Notwithstanding these major achievements, questions remain regarding the present status and future development of the digital edition project, which was funded from 2011 to 2019. The edition interface is still a beta version and work on the scholarly commentary seems unfinished. This review ends with some specific suggestions on how to improve the digital edition’s accessibility and the reusability of its data. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e99502ef8dd446c7a9f5f124b23ca5be2024-01-04T18:19:37ZdeuInstitut für Dokumentologie und Editorik e. V.RIDE2363-49522023-03-011610.18716/ride.a.16.4Theodor Fontane’s Notebooks: A ‘Digital Genetic-Critical and Commented Edition’Timo Frühwirth0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3997-5193Sandra Mayer1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2915-5888Daniel Stoxreiter2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0636-4476Österreichische Akademie der WissenschaftenÖsterreichische Akademie der WissenschaftenÖsterreichische Akademie der WissenschaftenThe scholarly digital edition of the Theodor Fontane: Notizbücher provides open access, for the first time, to the full scope of the 19th-century German writer’s notebooks. The project has a strong focus on the materiality of the documents, which is reflected not only in meticulous diplomatic transcriptions of Fontane’s notes, presented in their material contexts, but also in an extremely detailed documentation of the editorial principles and guidelines. The edition, thus, situates itself in an increased scholarly interest in materiality and mediality in the humanities since the ‘material turn’. Particularly, the edition contributes to a reassessment of the genre of the notebook as a portable “writing lab”. Notwithstanding these major achievements, questions remain regarding the present status and future development of the digital edition project, which was funded from 2011 to 2019. The edition interface is still a beta version and work on the scholarly commentary seems unfinished. This review ends with some specific suggestions on how to improve the digital edition’s accessibility and the reusability of its data.http://ride.i-d-e.de/issues/issue-16/fontane-notebooks19th centurybeta statusdiplomatic transcriptiondocumentationgenetic editionmaterialitynotebookwork in progress |
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| title | Theodor Fontane’s Notebooks: A ‘Digital Genetic-Critical and Commented Edition’ |
| title_full | Theodor Fontane’s Notebooks: A ‘Digital Genetic-Critical and Commented Edition’ |
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| title_short | Theodor Fontane’s Notebooks: A ‘Digital Genetic-Critical and Commented Edition’ |
| title_sort | theodor fontane s notebooks a digital genetic critical and commented edition |
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