by: Grace Barwick<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Introduction and Editing by Jeran Braydon Bivens
Jeran Braydon Bivens is an English MA student at the University of Central Arkansas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThroughout this process of working on this assignment, I was able to dust off the set of skills I was able to develop in my undergraduate studies in UCA\u2019s Writing department in editing. I found much of this process to be cathartic, as the interpretive nature of the assignment feels like it applied a lower-stakes pressure to rounding out the semester. In terms of my approach to the overall process, I foregrounded the potential undergraduate student or otherwise underprepared prospective reader of To all present Rulers<\/em> in my editing style, as I wanted to provide an accessible-yet accurate edition that would provide more-historically-accurate formatting meanwhile modernizing and standardizing the text for spelling errors and inconsistencies in capitalization. Most important to my edition is the use of endnotes. I made this choice as a result of my desire to depict the text in a way that resembled its original formatting, with footnotes leaving the pages too crowded. While footnotes are less exhaustive in comparison to the flipping through pages that endnotes require, I made the choice to foreground a clean and clear page of text for aesthetic purposes. I predominantly refrained from intervening directly (alteration of words, etc), however toward the end of the final section, I made the choice to insert a break in Barwick\u2019s writing. I made this decision as when viewing the text as a whole, the final section of writing appeared to be longer or \u2018heavier\u2019 in comparison to the more clearly separated initial sections. Furthermore, I identified a subtle shift in Barwick\u2019s writing, so I made the decision to separate this into her final, conclusionary paragraph. As an effect of this, I feel that the text \u2018flows\u2019 better, at least to my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n