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critical edition

edition of a literary, musical, etc. text according to the rules of textual criticism, usually with commentary; without the aim of offering all variants of a text (all variants: Q680458)
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critical edition

Summary

critical edition is a literature term[1].

Key Facts

  • critical edition's instance of is recorded as literature term[2].
  • critical edition is a type of version, edition or translation[3].
  • critical edition's said to be the same as is recorded as historical-critical edition[4].
  • critical edition's described by source is recorded as Metzler Literatur Lexikon (2 ed.)[5].
  • critical edition's different from is recorded as historical-critical edition[6].

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critical edition's instance of is recorded as literature term[2].

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  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Hannolans · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/120qdgv8
    Described by source → Metzler Literatur Lexikon (2 ed.)
    Said to be the same as → historical-critical edition
    Different from → historical-critical edition
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q139857342]]"
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