Last hand edition

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In literary studies, the last edition of his work edited and monitored by the author himself is called the last-hand edition. The final edition thus lists the texts in their final form desired by the author or at the state where the author was prevented from further editing due to illness or death.

Based on Christoph Martin Wieland's “Edition of the Last Hand” (1794–1802 / 11) and Goethe's “Complete Edition of the Last Hand” (1827–1830), the term found its way into edition science .

literature

  • Günther and Irmgard Schweikle (eds.): Metzler Literature Lexicon. 2nd, revised edition, Stuttgart: Metzler 1990, ISBN 3-476-00668-9 .