Slovenska Literatura (Sep 2018)
Explanatory notes and Comments in selected volumes of Library of Slovak Literature edition
Abstract
The main aim of article is to evaluate the textological and editorial approach and preparation of selected volumes of the Library of Slovak Literature edition, accomplished by the Kalligram publishing house and the Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The main attention will be focused on explanatory notes and comments that provably describe and mirror an approach of editors, name problematic places in editorial preparation of new editions and explain solutions that editor had made. I will focus on the very essence and nature of comments, reasoning and argumentation, potential readers´ benefits or threats of selected editorial approaches and solutions.
