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The '''''Variorum Collected Studies''''' is an academic [[book series]] in the [[humanities]] published by [[Ashgate]]. The aim of each volume is to bring together, for the first time, a selection of articles by a leading scholar on their particular area of expertise |
The '''''Variorum Collected Studies''''' is an academic [[book series]] in the [[humanities]] published by [[Ashgate]]. The aim of each volume is to bring together, for the first time, a selection of articles by a leading scholar on their particular area of expertise. This allows easy access to material that may be hard to find separately because it is out of print or available only in specialist libraries. It also allows the reader to see the development of a scholar's thinking on a topic over time. |
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Revision as of 09:24, 10 October 2015
The Variorum Collected Studies is an academic book series in the humanities published by Ashgate. The aim of each volume is to bring together, for the first time, a selection of articles by a leading scholar on their particular area of expertise. This allows easy access to material that may be hard to find separately because it is out of print or available only in specialist libraries. It also allows the reader to see the development of a scholar's thinking on a topic over time.
Purpose
The aim of each volume is to bring together, for the first time, a selection of articles by a leading scholar on their particular area of expertise together with an index and, sometimes, new material.
Preparation
The contents of each collection are drawn from academic journal articles, conference proceedings, Festschrifts, and similar sources that may otherwise be difficult to access because they are obscure, out of print, or available only in specialist libraries. The volumes also allow the development of a scholar's ideas on a particular topic to be seen over time. Since it was established in 1970, over 1000 volumes have been produced.[1]
In his review of Roger Scott's Byzantine Chronicles and the Sixth Century (2012, CS 1004), for instance, Conor Whately in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review noted that some of the articles included in the volume were over 40 years old, two were new, and some came "from hard to find publications such as Bysantinska Sälskapet Bulletin, a boon for scholars who might otherwise lack access to them".[2]
John Dillon, reviewing a different volume in the series, also for the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, noted that the 13 articles in the volume by Richard Sorabji ranged from the 1970s up to the 2010s. They thus had the merit of allowing "a most intriguing conspectus of the development of Sorabji’s thought on a number of topics that have long been of interest to him."[3]
Associated series
There are a number of associated and complementary series such as, The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, The Worlds of Eastern Christianity, 300-1500, The Expansion of Latin Europe, 1000-1500, Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies and publications for the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Variorum Collected Studies. Ashgate. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Review: "Roger Scott, Byzantine Chronicles and the Sixth Century. Variorum collected studies series, CS 1004." Conor Whately, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2013.03.38. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Review: "Richard Sorabji, Perception, Conscience and Will in Ancient Philosophy. Variorum collected studies series, CS 1030." John Dillon, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2014.04.60. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ More About Variorum. Ashgate. Retrieved 10 October 2015.