ENGL 371Editing Literary Works
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- English
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Investigating scholarly, educational, popular, and electronic editions, this course explores the theory and practice of editing literary texts.
Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Winter 2027 sections
| Section | Class | Enrolled | Meets |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | 7472 | 0 / 30 | TTh 14:30–15:50 |
| LEC 701 | 8193 | 22 / 9999 | Online or by arrangement |
Reviewed on UW Flow
50% liked it88% easy63% useful
From 2 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
The course is okay for what it is but be prepared for a heavy workload. I thoroughly enjoyed the books that were assigned and the final assignment gives you a lot of creative freedom. If you get Prof Haddonfield, just know she's really nice and willing to help, but you will only be getting three sentences worth of an assignment description and no rubric.
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Dr. Hadfield is the sweetest, kindest prof ever. She tries so hard to make this course engaging, and you do a lot of fun, hands-on activities almost every week, so the class is split into lecture-style material with fun stuff. The course as I took it had 2 assigned books that you basically read at the start and then spend the semester analyzing the editing processes behind them and different editions of those texts, and then eventually apply those editing processes you've learned to a book of your own choice for the final. I thought the course would be more focused on line editing and copyediting, but that's not what it's about so don't be fooled. It's still a good course, with an amazing…
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Spring 2024
4th year course selection needs help 6 points, 0 comments
u/hidehiro_258: “… We tried talking to the faculty but somehow according to him the stat 431 prof said he's not allowed to take stat 431 but can in fact continue engl 371. He's not too familiar with Reddit so I'm asking for tips here for him. …”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
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