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Textual Criticism Texts - "The Rationale of Copy-Text" by W.W. Greg (1949)

The ideas in this essay made a big splash in the field. Greg challenges the "tyranny" of the copy-text among Textual Critics.

Why does Greg think it's problematic to rely too heavily on one copy-text of a literary work?

What methods does Greg suggest for arriving at the most "authoritative" version of a literary work?