Publications
Selected publications
- Jonathan Swift: A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (Scholarly edition - 2010)
- Hypotheses, Evidence, Editing, and Explication (Journal article - 1999)
- Fragments and Disquisitions: Johnson's Shakespeare in Context (Chapter - 2013)
- Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing: the Beginnings of Interpretative Scholarship (Book - 1997)
- Goodness Nose: Sterne's Slawkenbergius, the Real Presence, and the Shapeable Text (Journal article - 1994)
2021
Addison as Critic and Critical Theorist
Walsh, M. (2021). Addison as Critic and Critical Theorist. In P. Davis (Ed.), Joseph Addison Tercentenary Essays (pp. 95-114). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198814030.0030006
Mimesis and Understanding in Samuel Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare (1765)
Walsh, M. (2021). Mimesis and Understanding in Samuel Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare (1765). Age of Johnson: a scholarly annual, 24, 15-31. Retrieved from https://www.bucknell.edu/azdirectory/bucknell-university-press
2020
The Trade in Knowledge in Tristram Shandy
Walsh, M. (2020). The Trade in Knowledge in Tristram Shandy. The Shandean: an annual volume devoted to Laurence Sterne.
2019
Swift, the Church, and Religion: the Sermons, the Tale, and the Critics
Walsh, M. (2019). Swift, the Church, and Religion: the Sermons, the Tale, and the Critics. In J. Bischof, K. Juhas, & H. J. Real (Eds.), Reading Swift: Papers from the Seventh Muenster Symposium of Jonathan Swift (pp. 343-360). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink.
2016
‘Scholarly documentation in the Enlightenment: validation and interpretation’
Walsh, M. (2016). ‘Scholarly documentation in the Enlightenment: validation and interpretation’. In A. Tadié, & P. Bullard (Eds.), Ancients and Moderns in Europe: Comparative Perspectives (pp. 97-112). Oxford: Voltaire Foundation.
Allusion
Walsh, M. (2016). Allusion. In J. Lynch (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800 (pp. 649-667). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2014
Complete Systems and Tristram Shandy
Walsh, M. (2014). Complete Systems and Tristram Shandy. The Shandean: an annual volume devoted to Laurence Sterne, 25, 9-24.
Edmond Malone
Walsh, M. (2014). Edmond Malone. In G. Day, & J. Lynch (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of British Literature 1660-1789 (pp. 123-124). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Si vulgus vult decipi, decipiatur
Walsh, M. (2014). Si vulgus vult decipi, decipiatur. Eighteenth-Century Theory and Interpretation.
2013
Candid Interpretations: Hermann Real and our Understanding of the Swiftian Text
Walsh, M. (2013). Candid Interpretations: Hermann Real and our Understanding of the Swiftian Text. In K. Juhas (Ed.), 'The first wit of the age': Essays on Swift and his Contemporaries in Honour of Hermann J. Real (pp. 100-110). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Edifying by the margent: echoing voices in Swift's Tale
Lynall, G., & Walsh, M. (2013). Edifying by the margent: echoing voices in Swift's Tale. In Reading Swift: Papers from the Sixth Muenster Symposium on Jonathan Swift (pp. 123-133). Munich: Wilhelm Fink.
Eighteenth-Century High Lyric: William Collins and Christopher Smart
Walsh, M. (2013). Eighteenth-Century High Lyric: William Collins and Christopher Smart. In M. Thain (Ed.), The Lyric Poem: Formations and Transformations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fragments and Disquisitions: Johnson's Shakespeare in Context
Walsh, M. (2013). Fragments and Disquisitions: Johnson's Shakespeare in Context. In H. Weinbrot (Ed.), Samuel Johnson: New Contexts for a New Century. San Marino: Huntington Library Press.
Swift's Tale of a Tub and the mock book
Walsh, M. (2013). Swift's Tale of a Tub and the mock book. In P. Bullard, & J. McLaverty (Eds.), Jonathan Swift and the Eighteenth-Century Book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107016262
Understanding and Explaining the Literary Text: a Return to Interpretation
Walsh, M. (2013). Understanding and Explaining the Literary Text: a Return to Interpretation. In A. Walczuk, & W. Witalisz (Eds.), Old Challenges / New Horizons : PASE 2012 (pp. 10-25). Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press.
2012
Editing and Publishing Shakespeare
Walsh, M. (2012). Editing and Publishing Shakespeare. In P. Sabor, & F. Ritchie (Eds.), Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (pp. 21-40). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2010
Edmond Malone
Walsh, M. (2010). Edmond Malone. In C. Rawson, P. Holland, & A. Poole (Eds.), Great Shakespeareans: Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Malone (Vol. 1, pp. 160-199). London: Continuum.
Jonathan Swift: A Tale of a Tub and Other Works
Jonathan Swift: A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (2010). . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Theories of Text, Editorial Theory, and Textual Criticism
Walsh, M. (2010). Theories of Text, Editorial Theory, and Textual Criticism. In M. Suarez, & H. Woudhuysen (Eds.), Oxford Companion to the Book (Vol. 1, pp. 156-163). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2009
Classical, patristic and vernacular literary scholarship in the eighteenth century
Walsh, M. (2009). Classical, patristic and vernacular literary scholarship in the eighteenth century. In M. Suarez, & M. Turner (Eds.), The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain 1695-1830 (Vol. 5, pp. 1-15). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Scriblerian satire, A Political Romance, the "Rabelaisian Fragment", and the origins of Tristram Shandy
Walsh, M. (2009). Scriblerian satire, A Political Romance, the "Rabelaisian Fragment", and the origins of Tristram Shandy. In T. Keymer (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Laurence Sterne (pp. 21-33). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2008
George Steevens and the 1778 Variorum: a hermeneutics and a social economy of annotation
Walsh, M. (2008). George Steevens and the 1778 Variorum: a hermeneutics and a social economy of annotation. In P. Sabor (Ed.), Shakespeare and the Eighteenth Century (pp. 155-166). London: Ashgate.
Telling Tales and Gathering Fragments: Swift's Tale of a Tub
Walsh, M. (2008). Telling Tales and Gathering Fragments: Swift's Tale of a Tub. In H. J. Real (Ed.), Reading Swift: Papers from the Fifth Muenster Symposium on Jonathan Swift (pp. 151-163). Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag.
2005
RAE 2008: Some Thoughts and Some Questions
Walsh, M. (2005). RAE 2008: Some Thoughts and Some Questions. CCUE News, 6-11.
2003
Form and function in the English eighteenth-century literary edition: the case of Edward Capell
Walsh, M. (2003). Form and function in the English eighteenth-century literary edition: the case of Edward Capell. Studies in Bibliography, 54, 225-241.
Swift and Religion
Walsh, M. (2003). Swift and Religion. In C. Fox (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Swift (pp. 161-176). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2002
Go figure: metaphors of textuality
Walsh, M. (2002). Go figure: metaphors of textuality. Variants: the Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship, 1, 1-17.
Laurence Sterne
Walsh, M. (Ed.) (2002). Laurence Sterne. London: Longman.
2001
Literary scholarship and the life of editing
Walsh, M. (2001). Literary scholarship and the life of editing. In I. Rivers (Ed.), Books and their Readers in the Eighteenth Century (pp. 191-215). London and New York: Leicester University Press.
1999
'Community of Mind': Christopher Smart and the Poetics of Allusion
Walsh, M. (1999). 'Community of Mind': Christopher Smart and the Poetics of Allusion. In C. Hawes (Ed.), Christopher Smart and the Enlightenment (pp. 29-46). New York: St Martins.
Hypotheses, Evidence, Editing, and Explication
Walsh, M. (1999). Hypotheses, Evidence, Editing, and Explication. Yearbook of English Studies, 29, 24-42.
Swift and Anglican Rationalism and the Grounds of Interpretation
Walsh, M. (1999). Swift and Anglican Rationalism and the Grounds of Interpretation. Swift Studies, 14, 21-28.
1998
A Very Peculiar Practice: Christopher Smart and the Poetic Language of 'Early Romanticism'
Walsh, M. (1998). A Very Peculiar Practice: Christopher Smart and the Poetic Language of 'Early Romanticism'. In T. Woodman (Ed.), Early Romantics: Perspectives in British Poetry from Pope to Wordsworth (pp. 151-165). London: Macmillan.
Eighteenth-century Editing, 'Appropriation', and Interpretation
Walsh, M. (1998). Eighteenth-century Editing, 'Appropriation', and Interpretation. Shakespeare Survey, 51, 125-139.
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Christopher Smart and the Lexis of the Peculiar
Walsh, M. (1998). Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Christopher Smart and the Lexis of the Peculiar. Yearbook of English Studies, 28, 144-162.
1997
Biblical Scholarship and Literary Criticism
Walsh, M. (1997). Biblical Scholarship and Literary Criticism. In H. Nisbet, & C. Rawson (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: The Eighteenth Century (Vol. 4, pp. 758-777). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing: the Beginnings of Interpretative Scholarship
Walsh, M. (1997). Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing: the Beginnings of Interpretative Scholarship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1995
Profession and Authority: The Interpretation of the Bible in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Walsh, M. (1995). Profession and Authority: The Interpretation of the Bible in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Literature and Theology, 9, 383-398.
1994
Goodness Nose: Sterne's Slawkenbergius, the Real Presence, and the Shapeable Text
Walsh, M. (1994). Goodness Nose: Sterne's Slawkenbergius, the Real Presence, and the Shapeable Text. British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 17, 55-63.
1993
Context in Eighteenth-Century Usage
Walsh, M. (1993). Context in Eighteenth-Century Usage. British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 40, 308-310.
The Fluid Text and the Orientations of Editing
Walsh, M. (1993). The Fluid Text and the Orientations of Editing. In W. Chernaik, M. Deegan, & C. Davis (Eds.), The Politics of the Electronic Text (pp. 31-39). Oxford: Office for Humanities Communication.
1992
Editing Then
Walsh, M. (1992). Editing Then. Essays in Criticism, 42, 243-251.
The Superfoetation of Literature: Attitudes to the Printed Book in the Eighteenth-Century
Walsh, M. (1992). The Superfoetation of Literature: Attitudes to the Printed Book in the Eighteenth-Century. British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 15, 151-161.
1991
Bentley our Contemporary: or, Editors, Ancient and Modern
Walsh, M. (1991). Bentley our Contemporary: or, Editors, Ancient and Modern. In M. Walsh, & I. C. Small (Eds.), The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing: Essays in Honour of James T Boulton (pp. 157-185). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Editing Johnson's Dictionary: some Editorial and Textual Considerations
Walsh, M., & McDermott, A. C. (1991). Editing Johnson's Dictionary: some Editorial and Textual Considerations. In M. Walsh, & I. C. Small (Eds.), The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing: Essays in Honour of James T Boulton (pp. 34-61). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing: Essays in Honour of James T Boulton
Walsh, M., & Small, I. C. (Eds.) (1991). The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing: Essays in Honour of James T Boulton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1990
A Cambridge College Library in the Eighteenth Century: Christopher Smart's Borrowings at Pembroke
Walsh, M. (1990). A Cambridge College Library in the Eighteenth Century: Christopher Smart's Borrowings at Pembroke. The Library, 12, 34-49.
Text, 'Text', and Swift's A Tale of a Tub
Walsh, M. (1990). Text, 'Text', and Swift's A Tale of a Tub. Modern Language Review, 85, 290-303.
The Uses of Literary Evidence: Christopher Smart's 'Knowledge' of Hebrew
Walsh, M. (1990). The Uses of Literary Evidence: Christopher Smart's 'Knowledge' of Hebrew. English Studies, 71, 353-360.
1989
Samuel Johnson on Poetic Lice and Fleas
Walsh, M. (1989). Samuel Johnson on Poetic Lice and Fleas. Notes and Queries, 36, 470.
1988
Literary Annotation and Biblical Commentary: the Case of Patrick Hume's Annotations on Paradise Lost
Walsh, M. (1988). Literary Annotation and Biblical Commentary: the Case of Patrick Hume's Annotations on Paradise Lost. Milton Quarterly, 22, 109-114.
1987
Christopher Smart: Poetical Works: A Translation of the Psalms of David.
Christopher Smart: Poetical Works: A Translation of the Psalms of David. (1987). . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1986
Editing Poetry: Theory and Practice
Walsh, M. (1986). Editing Poetry: Theory and Practice. In M. Coulthard (Ed.), Talking about Text (pp. 75-87). Birmingham: English Language Research.
Smart's Pillars and the Hutchinsonians
Walsh, M. (1986). Smart's Pillars and the Hutchinsonians. Notes and Queries, 33, 67-70.
1983
Christopher Smart: Poetical Works: Religious Poetry, 1763-71.
Christopher Smart: Poetical Works: Religious Poetry, 1763-71. (1983). . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1979
Christopher Smart: Selected Poems
Walsh, M. (Ed.) (1979). Christopher Smart: Selected Poems. Manchester: Carcanet.
John Gay: Selected Poems
Walsh, M. (Ed.) (1979). John Gay: Selected Poems. Manchester: Carcanet.
1977
Another Edition of the 'Proposals' for Christopher Smart's Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Walsh, M. (1977). Another Edition of the 'Proposals' for Christopher Smart's Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Notes and Queries, 24, 264.