The ‘Death’ of the Scholarly Edition

So, you know how Barthes and Foucault exploded our notions of author? And Barthes and Derrida took on the text? And Judith Butler informed us that gender and sexuality are constructions? I’m here to tell you that there is no such thing as the scholarly edition. It’s true. I swear. This may rock your world, but the scholarly edition is DEAD.