Methods

Chapter 2, "Methods", in Paola Italia, Giulia Raboni, et al., "What Is Authorial Philology?" (Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2021), pp. 29-69. English translation from the Italian: ch. 2, "Metodi", in Paola Italia and Giulia Raboni, "Che cos’è la filologia d’autore" (Rome: Carocci, 2010), pp. 38-71. A stark departure from traditional philology, "What is Authorial Philology?" is the first comprehensive treatment of authorial philology as a discipline in its own right. It provides readers with an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of editing "authorial texts" alongside an exploration of authorial philology in its cultural and conceptual architecture. The originality and distinction of this work lies in its clear systematisation of a discipline whose autonomous status has only recently been recognised. Chapter 2, "Methods", focuses on the methods used by authorial philology to provide editions of texts.