This small but powerful book initiated a major shift in literary theory and method when it was first published in 1983. Starting from a critical inquiry into certain specialized issues in the practice of editing, McGann gradually unfolds an argument for a general revaluation of the grounds of literary study as a whole. | A Critique of Modern Textual Criticism Foreword by David C Greetham by Jerome J. McGann, Paperback | Indigo Chapters