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1. What is a scholarly edition comprised of in Oxford Scholarly Editions Online?
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2. What time periods do these works cover?
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3. The phrase ‘curious traitors’ appears in a poem by John Donne – what is the
title of the poem? And what does the editor’s note say about the use of the
word ‘curious’ here?
Hint: Quick search ‘curious traitors’/ narrow choice by author and go to first
result. Click on the circle for the editor’s note.
4. Look for a speech about ‘tennis balls’ in Shakespeare’s Henry V. What is
being referred to here?
Hint: Quick search ‘tennis balls’/ narrow choice by author on left
‘Shakespeare’/ Click on Henry V in the search result/ Read the editor’s note
by clicking the circle
5. Search for a work containing a letter from Descartes about Hobbes’ theories,
including those on optics. What does Descartes say about ‘his first
proposition’?
Hint: Quick search ‘Descartes’/ Search within results ‘optics’/ Select first
result (letter 32)/ search the page using CNTRL + F for ‘his first proposition’
6. And using the notes – what is the ‘first proposition’ being referred to here?
Hint: Read the corresponding note
7. Find the diary account by John Evelyn dated September in the year 1666.
This was his first –hand record of the great fire of London. On September 2
where did John Evelyn go to watch the fire?
Hint: Browse Authors/ Jump to..”E’ / Select John Evelyn from the list/open the
Kalendarium menu on left and find the year 1666/ use CNTRL + F to find
‘September’.
8. What is the oldest print edition date in Oxford Scholarly Editions Online?
Hint: Browse Editions/Sort by First Published Date
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Answers
1. Each title within the collection presents the full text of the [original] work, as
established by an authoritative editor, accompanied by the editor’s record of
important variations in that text, and interpretative and explanatory notes.
Most also have introductions placing the work and the author in a historical
context, and explaining the editorial principles and the history of the text.
2. 1485-1830 (as of June 2015)
3. The Bait/ Curious: exquisitely made
4. Warfare. (See the editor’s note 261–6: A string of puns likening tennis to
warfare)
5. Descartes says “His first proposition 20 is obviously pure fantasy”.
6. Note 20 explains the first proposition is given in the work: 20 Cf. Hobbes,
‘Optica’, prop. 1 : ‘Every lucid body expands and swells into a greater mass,
and then contracts again, having a ceaseless systolic and diastolic motion’
7. The bank side in Southwark.
8. 1888 (as of June 2015)
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