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Emma Sweeney

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Jun 14, 2023, 7:27:36 PM6/14/23
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While I'm proofreading Pan Tadeusz, I would like to get started on transcribing Festus by Philip James Bailey. There are many different editions. I think the best edition will be first American edition published by Benjamin B. Mussey (1845).

In 2021, Edinburgh University Press published a critical edition of Festus, edited by Mischa Willett. This edition is based on the first American edition; in A Note on the Text it points out many differences between editions, one example being that later editions include text from Bailey's other poems while the 1845 edition includes "only that material original to Festus".



I also found a painting for the cover:

cover-1.jpg

Lucifer tempts Festus throughout the poem.


Emma

Alex Cabal

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OK, sounds good. The note is interesting to read as the editor describes
a process similar to what we do at SE - of course in print books, it's
all invisible to the reader!

Cover looks good, nice find.

Robin can you manage this with Lukas reviewing?

On 6/14/23 6:27 PM, Emma Sweeney wrote:
> While I'm proofreading Pan Tadeusz, I would like to get started on
> transcribing Festus by Philip James Bailey. There are /many/ different
> editions. I think the best edition will be first American edition
> published by Benjamin B. Mussey (1845).
>
> In 2021, Edinburgh University Press published a critical edition of
> Festus, edited by Mischa Willett. This edition is based on the first
> American edition; in A Note on the Text
> <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474457828-004/html>
> it points out many differences between editions, one example being that
> later editions include text from Bailey's other poems while the 1845
> edition includes "only that material original to /Festus/".
> cover-1.jpg
> Source Link <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-Luzifer.jpg>
> PD proof (p. 431)
> <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_deutsche_Malerei_vom_18_bis_zum_Begi/hrVXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lucifer+Franz+von+Stuck&pg=PA431&printsec=frontcover&bshm=nce/1>
>
> Lucifer tempts Festus throughout the poem.
>
>
> Emma
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Robin Whittleton

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Jun 14, 2023, 11:53:32 PM6/14/23
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Sure.

> On 15 Jun 2023, at 03:37, Alex Cabal <al...@standardebooks.org> wrote:
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> OK, sounds good. The note is interesting to read as the editor describes a process similar to what we do at SE - of course in print books, it's all invisible to the reader!
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Lukas Bystricky

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Jun 15, 2023, 12:46:35 AM6/15/23
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I can review.

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Emma Sweeney

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Oct 8, 2023, 6:49:17 PM10/8/23
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Ok, I'm back from vacation!

Festus by Philip James Bailey is ready for review.


Note: There's nothing really complicated about this production. It only took so long, because the raw OCR was a mess.


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Alex Cabal

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Oct 8, 2023, 7:09:16 PM10/8/23
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Lukas I believe you're up for this review
> <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474457828-004/html <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474457828-004/html>>
> > it points out many differences between editions, one example
> being that
> > later editions include text from Bailey's other poems while
> the 1845
> > edition includes "only that material original to /Festus/".
> >
> > IA page scans:
> >
> https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up>
> >
> <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up>>
> > HathiTrust page scans:
> >
> https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9
> <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9>
> >
> <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9 <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9>>
> >
> >
> > I also found a painting for the cover:
> >
> > cover-1.jpg
> > Source Link
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-Luzifer.jpg
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-Luzifer.jpg>>
> > PD proof (p. 431)
> >
> <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_deutsche_Malerei_vom_18_bis_zum_Begi/hrVXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lucifer+Franz+von+Stuck&pg=PA431&printsec=frontcover&bshm=nce/1 <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_deutsche_Malerei_vom_18_bis_zum_Begi/hrVXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lucifer+Franz+von+Stuck&pg=PA431&printsec=frontcover&bshm=nce/1>>
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> >
> >
> > Emma
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Lukas Bystricky

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Oct 9, 2023, 3:41:55 AM10/9/23
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Ok, I'll get to that in the next couple days.

Lukas Bystricky

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Oct 10, 2023, 2:34:24 PM10/10/23
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Ok Emma, I filed a couple questions/comments in your repo. Nice work overall. 9 commits must be record. 

Lukas Bystricky

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Oct 11, 2023, 3:46:05 AM10/11/23
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Ok Alex, this is ready for you.

Lukas Bystricky

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Oct 19, 2023, 5:21:16 PM10/19/23
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Alex, you've probably seen this, but I thought I'd just make sure this didn't slip through the cracks somehow. 

Alex Cabal

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Oct 20, 2023, 12:37:02 PM10/20/23
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Looks very good, I've gone ahead and released it. Thanks!
> <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474457828-004/html <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474457828-004/html> <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474457828-004/html <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474457828-004/html>>>
> > > it points out many differences between editions,
> one example
> > being that
> > > later editions include text from Bailey's other
> poems while
> > the 1845
> > > edition includes "only that material original to
> /Festus/".
> > >
> > > IA page scans:
> > >
> >
> https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up> <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up>>
> > >
> >
> <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up> <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/festusapoem07bailgoog/page/n7/mode/1up>>>
> > > HathiTrust page scans:
> > >
> >
> https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9 <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9>
> >
> <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9 <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9>>
> > >
> >
> <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9 <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9> <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9 <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwp3np&view=1up&seq=9>>>
> > >
> > >
> > > I also found a painting for the cover:
> > >
> > > cover-1.jpg
> > > Source Link
> >
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-Luzifer.jpg
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-Luzifer.jpg>
> >
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-Luzifer.jpg
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-Luzifer.jpg>>>
> > > PD proof (p. 431)
> > >
> >
> <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_deutsche_Malerei_vom_18_bis_zum_Begi/hrVXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lucifer+Franz+von+Stuck&pg=PA431&printsec=frontcover&bshm=nce/1 <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_deutsche_Malerei_vom_18_bis_zum_Begi/hrVXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lucifer+Franz+von+Stuck&pg=PA431&printsec=frontcover&bshm=nce/1> <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_deutsche_Malerei_vom_18_bis_zum_Begi/hrVXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lucifer+Franz+von+Stuck&pg=PA431&printsec=frontcover&bshm=nce/1 <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_deutsche_Malerei_vom_18_bis_zum_Begi/hrVXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lucifer+Franz+von+Stuck&pg=PA431&printsec=frontcover&bshm=nce/1>>>
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