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020 _a9780521725910
082 _a363.69
_bEGG
100 _aEggert, Paul
_990427
245 _aSecuring the past : conservation in Art, Architecture and Literature
260 _aNew York
_bCambridge University Press
_c2009
300 _axi,290p.
505 _aContents List of illustrations Preface Contents List of Illustration Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 2 The witness of historic buildings and the restoration of the churches 19 3 The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes 41 4 Forgery and authenticity: historical documents, literary works and paintings 61 5 Conservators and agency: their role in the work 86 6 Subtilising authorship: Rembrandt, scientific evidence and modern connoisseurship 109 7 Materialist, performance or literary Shakespeare? 131 8 Modes of editing literary works: conflicts in theory and practice 154 9 Readers and editors: new directions in scholarly editing 185 10 The editorial gaze and the nature of the work 214 Notes 241 Bibliography 265 Index 285
890 _aUSA
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650 _aBuddhism
_aArts and history
_aAuthenticity (Philosophy)
_aHistoric preservation
650 _aArchitects Biography
650 _aArchitects Biography Encyclopedias
650 _aBiographies
650 _acollective biographies