Preface * Introduction, Margaret Sankey * Editorial Theory , Random Cloud, Enter Reader , T. H. Howard-Hill * The Dangers of Editing, or, the Death of the Editor , David Greetham * 'What Does It Matter Who Is Speaking, 'Someone Said, 'What Does It Matter Who Is Speaking?' (Greetham Version), or, 'What does it matter who is speaking?': Editorial Recuperation of the Estranged Author (Eggert Version) , Paul Eggert * Social Discourse or Authorial Agency: Bridging the Divide between Editing and Theory * Theory in Practice , Richard Fotheringham * Editing Popular Nineteenth-Century Melodramas , Mary Jane Edwards * Editing a Major Canadian Novels William Kirby's The Golden Dog, Margaret Sankey * From Seventeenth-Century Clandestine Manuscript to Contemporary Edition: L'Autre Monde of Cyrano do Bergerac , Mary Chan * Editorial Decisions for Roger North's Life of the Lord Keeper North: Practice and Theory * Extending the Gaze , Margaret Clunies Ross * Editing the Oral Text: Medieval and Modern Transformations , Jeff Brownrigg * The Art of Audio-Editing: Re-presenting Early Australian Vocal Recordings , Robyn Holmes * Australian Music Editing and Authenticity: Would the real Mrs Monk please stand up? , Note on Contributors * Index