[WebCultures] New book 'A Poetics of Editing', with chapters on digital culture and history

[Susan Greenberg]

Dear all,


I have been something of a quiet 'lurker' on this list, so please excuse the promotion, but I hope you will find this of genuine interest.


I am writing to let you know about the publication of my book A Poetics of Editing. The premise is that editing, like other forms of ‘making’, is mostly invisible and can only be brought into full view through a comparative analysis that includes the insights of practitioners. It proposes a new field of editing studies, in which the ‘ideal editor’ can be understood as part of a relationship with the long-theorised author and reader. The book takes issue with critical theory and proposes a materialist poetics that proposes ways of moving forward that supports practice. The history section ranges from early print to early digital. A chapter on contemporary digital culture makes an argument about the oddly central place of anti-editing rhetoric in that form of idealism.


If you want to check it out, the Palgrave page for the title is here (in £, $ and Euros respectively):

https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319922454

https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319922454

http://www.palgrave.com/9783319922454


If anyone is interested in acting as a book reviewer, let me know and I can include your name when I approach review editors.



Some testimonials:


‘Like Gibson’s ‘affordance’, Greenberg’s idea of ‘editing’ is used in suggestively larger social, cultural, personal, phenomenological, and other ways. It is a rich framework for seeing the world.’

Alan Liu, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara



‘A rigorous – and long overdue – analysis of editing as decision-making, wherever practiced. Greenberg draws on the insights of neuroscience, history, philosophy, literary theory, and the lived experience of writers and editors to offer an original, thought-provoking study.’

Beth Luey, past president, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP).

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Best wishes,

Susan


Dr Susan L. Greenberg
Department of English and Creative Writing
University of Roehampton
80 Roehampton Lane,London SW15 5PH

Publisher, Fincham Press https://fincham.press/
Convener, MA Publishing @RoePublish

A Poetics of Editing http://bit.ly/2Jjx4gZ
Editors Talk about Editing: Insights for Readers, Writers and Publishers https://amzn.to/2vtWgN8

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