Introduction:Aphra Behn, Love-Letters (1684-87)
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| - | Obvious mistakes of the type setting like the occasional n for u have been corrected, yet square brackets indicate these emendations throughout. The original text is otherwise perfectly readable even with its tendency to give words in versions which simply sounded right. Explanatory notes provided by the editors appear as marginal notes in the frameset. | + | Obvious mistakes of the type setting like the occasional n for u have been corrected, yet square brackets indicate these emendations throughout. The original text is otherwise perfectly readable even with its tendency to give words in versions which simply sounded right. |
| The first volume did sometimes use horizontal rules to seperate passages from each other. The present edition uses these graphical elements throughout with an additional feature: Two horizontal rules open a new letter; one indicates that the next passage was to be read as a letter enclosed within the preceding letter. The design should answer the special problem of the html-edition which cannot produce a segmented text with pages to be turned over and with new events to happen on new pages. | The first volume did sometimes use horizontal rules to seperate passages from each other. The present edition uses these graphical elements throughout with an additional feature: Two horizontal rules open a new letter; one indicates that the next passage was to be read as a letter enclosed within the preceding letter. The design should answer the special problem of the html-edition which cannot produce a segmented text with pages to be turned over and with new events to happen on new pages. | ||
| For corrections and for explanations you would like to see inserted leave notes at the [[Talk:Introduction:Aphra_Behn%2C_Love-Letters_%281684-87%29|discussion page]] or contact [mailto:olaf.simons@pierre-marteau.com olaf.simons@pierre-marteau.com]. | For corrections and for explanations you would like to see inserted leave notes at the [[Talk:Introduction:Aphra_Behn%2C_Love-Letters_%281684-87%29|discussion page]] or contact [mailto:olaf.simons@pierre-marteau.com olaf.simons@pierre-marteau.com]. | ||
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| + | ...appear as marginal notes in the frameset. The edition is indebted to Janet Todd's edition published with extended commentary and to Anton Kirchhofer and John O'Neill who offered the clues for several individual footnotes. | ||
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A Note on the Text
The present edition of Aphra Behn's Love-Letters follows the copy of Yale University's Beinecke Library (shelfmark Ij B395 684L). A scan of the three volumes is available on microfilm (Wing-number 82:10). The Marteau html-version offers:
- scans and transcripts of the individual title pages,
- the original prefaces (omitted in the uncommented Gutenberg-edition - which seems to be based on a scan of the Virago modern classic edition published in 1987),
- the original spelling and punctuation with all pecularities and signs of careless work – especially notable where similar sounding words offered alternative spellings,
- the original capitalisation with its indication of changing emphasis,
- the original paragraph formatting as far as html allowed a decent reproduction,
- (in order to allow quotations) page references to the copy texts of the first editions.
Obvious mistakes of the type setting like the occasional n for u have been corrected, yet square brackets indicate these emendations throughout. The original text is otherwise perfectly readable even with its tendency to give words in versions which simply sounded right.
The first volume did sometimes use horizontal rules to seperate passages from each other. The present edition uses these graphical elements throughout with an additional feature: Two horizontal rules open a new letter; one indicates that the next passage was to be read as a letter enclosed within the preceding letter. The design should answer the special problem of the html-edition which cannot produce a segmented text with pages to be turned over and with new events to happen on new pages.
For corrections and for explanations you would like to see inserted leave notes at the discussion page or contact olaf.simons@pierre-marteau.com.
Explanatory Notes
...appear as marginal notes in the frameset. The edition is indebted to Janet Todd's edition published with extended commentary and to Anton Kirchhofer and John O'Neill who offered the clues for several individual footnotes.
