Lewis Theobald : : His Contribution to English Scholarship With some Unpublished Letters / / Richard Foster Jones.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Jones, Richard Foster,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1919]; ©1919
• Year of Publication: 1919
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; I. Theobald's Early Life --; II. The Rage for Emending --; III. Shakespeare Restored --; IV. The Period of "The Dunciad" --; V. The Edition of Shakespeare --; VI. Theobald's Later Life --; VII. The Progress of the Method --; Appendix A. Bibliotheca --; Appendix B. Translation of Bentley's Horace --; Appendix C. Some Unpublished Letters of Theobald --; Appendix D. A Chronological List of Theobald's Works --; Index --; Vita
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231885584; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/jone91810
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard Foster Jones.

A biography of the 18th century British textual editor Lewis Theobold that asserts that the basic principles of critical editing in English were derived from Theobold's adaptation of the method employed by Bentley in the classics.