Mikrogenese in der digitalen Edition

Abstract In contrast to their printed counterparts, digital scholarly editions of modern German literature do not attach central importance to the microprocesses of text creation. A corresponding view is the big exception in existing online edition projects in modern German studies. Usually, the texts are presented as diplomatic transcriptions and often do not allow a complete understanding of the microgenetic processes in the manuscripts. The new complete digital edition of Jeremias Gotthelf’s works and letters, however, exploits the philological potential of digital editing, making the genetic apparatus entirely visible directly at the corresponding passages in the edited text.