{"product_id":"the-powers-of-philology-hans-ulrich-gumbrecht-9780252028304","title":"The Powers of Philology: Dynamics of Textual Scholarship","description":"Philology--the discovery, editing, and presentation of historical texts--was once a firmly established discipline that formed the core study for students across a wide range of linguistic and literary fields. Although philology departments are steadily disappearing from contemporary educational establishments, in this book Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht demonstrates that the problems, standards, and methods of philology remain as vital as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For two and a half millennia philologists have viewed themselves as the modest heirs and curators of their textual past's most glorious periods, collecting and editing text fragments, historicizing them and adding commentary, and ultimately teaching them to contemporary readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gumbrecht argues for a return to this tradition as an alternative to an often free-floating textual interpretation and to the more recent redefinition of literary studies as \"cultural studies,\" which risks a loss of intellectual focus. Such a return to philological core exercises, however, can become more than yet another movement of academic nostalgia only if it takes into account the hidden desire that has inspired \u003cbr\u003e philology since its Hellenistic beginnings: the desire to make the past present again by embodying it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252028309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252028304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086438707455,"sku":"9780252028304","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb7ab389-cee3-45f8-aac2-717540a154e5.jpg?v=1769094671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-powers-of-philology-hans-ulrich-gumbrecht-9780252028304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}