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For questions about the history of the manuscripts, printed texts, or orally transmitted versions of a single work; or when and where a work was first published; or specific features of one or more editions; or how editors establish an accurate or authoritative text, etc. Not to be confused with the [publishing] tag, which is about publishing practices generally, or the [historical-context] tag, which is about relevant background information.
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In which version of "Snow White" is her name really "Lips Red as Blood, Hair Black as Ebony,...
There are uses of the name "Snow White" in longer names, such as the Italian Snow-White-Fire-Red, or the Norwegian Snow-white and Rosy-red (in The Twelve Wild Ducks). However, the first is a variant …
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Were the footnotes included in the original text of the 1002nd Tale of Scheherazade?
They are original.
The text of the first publication (Godey's Lady's Book, February 1845, pp. 61-67) shows them.
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How did the story of Robin Hood pass from oral literature to written?
The oldest surviving Robin Hood tales are A Gest of Robyn Hode, between 1492 and 1534, Robin Hood and the Monk written after 1450, and Robin Hood and the Potter, about 1503. There is no evidence tha …
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Why did the book held by Rubashov change title between different versions of "Darkness at No...
A change indicates that Koestler wanted to change the symbolism of the title.
Faust is, of course, a tale of a deal with the Devil, the loss of soul, and all the troubles entailed. This points toward …
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Does this edit in The Magician's Nephew (from "had her bathe" to "had her bath") fundamental...
I note, first off, that the "bathe" in question is going for a swim. (This is why "swim suits" are also called "bathing suits.")
But the only noun usage offered by the Cambridge dictionary is
an occ …
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