The phenomenon of variant versions plays an important role in editing practice, but it has never been systematically studied and described. The articles in this volume are the fruits of a conference engaging with variants from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. The theoretical and practical problems posed by this phenomenon are illustrated with reference to examples from a wide variety of epochs.

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Inhalt: Bernhard R. Appel, Variatio delectat/Variatio perturbat. Anmerkungen zu Varianten in der Musik. - Klaus Wachtel, Varianten in der handschriftlichen Überlieferung des Neuen Testaments. - Otto Zwierlein, Lesarten-Varianz und Zweitfassung. Von Homer bis zu Fabio Chigis »Pompeius«. - Ingrid Bennewitz/Ruth Weichselbaumer, Lob der Variante(n)? New Philology und die Praxis der mediävistischen Editionen. - A.S.G. Edwards, Collation and Its Misuses in Some Middle English Texts. - Barbara A. Mowat, Q2 »Othello« and the 1606 >Acte to restraine Abuses of PlayersVarianzMonet< bei Proust. - Dirk Van Hulle, What Is the Word: Genetic and Generic Variants in Samuel Beckett's Work. - Volker Kaukoreit, Abweichungen und kein Ende? Zur Variantenproblematik in den Schriften des Lyrikers Erich Fried.