From 738d9c859655c2d57e4918eabbfb66552fca36d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ebeshero Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:04:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] adding a little how-to explanation to about --- src/pages/about.astro | 40 +++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pages/about.astro b/src/pages/about.astro index b072166..288d262 100644 --- a/src/pages/about.astro +++ b/src/pages/about.astro @@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ import FronticepieceImage from './assets/img/general/fronticepiece-50.jpg';
  • The black dotted lines with pointers indicate strong direct influence over a lengthy period of significant revision. They indicate multiple versions of the text directly available to MWS in preparing the substantial revisions of the 1831 edition.
  • The pink dotted line that terminates in an “x” indicates a different kind of uncertainty. We know that the "Thomas copy" was not available to MWS after 1823, so the edits she marked in it were not directly available in her work on the 1831 edition. However, this is an area of interest to explore as a “fork” in the version history.
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    How to begin reading?

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    To begin your experience with reading for variants, we recommend opening the Variorum from the first page of the 1818 edition in the Variorum Viewer or, really, anywhere you like! See what you can discover by exploring the edition first! + You could also explore the most heavily altered passages first from the Heatmap we provide on our homepage: Click on a location in the heatmap to visit the edition at a heavily altered point, and discover the variations.

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    On any page of the Variorum Viewer, you should

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    1. Click on the grey highlighted passages,
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    2. View the variant panel,
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    3. and then click the color-coded editions in the panel. This sends you to the different edition you clicked on to see how that passage appears there! +
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    For more detailed guidance on how to read and understand what you are seeing in the Variorum, we recommend you visit the Method page, where we provide screen captures on navigation and explain the normalized text notation in the variant side-panels.

    Origins of the texts

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    Print and digital editions leading to the Frankenstein Variorum
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    We launched our project in 2017 to prepare for the bicentennial of Frankenstein’s first publication in 1818, thinking only to improve the comparison view of the 1818 and 1831 editions available on Romantic Circles. With the availability of collateX for machine-assisted collation of variant texts, we soon determined to make five editions available and to take on the challenge of presenting a way to navigate the five texts as they relate to one another. The collation effort The Variorum Viewer we designed provides a means to read each of the five editions from start to finish, but it is optimized for non-linear reading to investigate comparisons, and how particular passages transformed over time.

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