The Most Disreputable Trade - Publishing the Classics of English Poetry 1765-1810

Zusatztext Has all the hallmarks of a book backed up by decades of thorough and rigorous study. Klappentext This fascinating book probes the origins of mass-market series of literary 'classics'. Highly informative about the book trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Bonnell's study is also rich in details about book illustration, copyright law, canon formation, consumer culture, and the history of reading. Zusammenfassung This fascinating book probes the origins of mass-market series of literary 'classics'. Highly informative about the book trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Bonnell's study is also rich in details about book illustration, copyright law, canon formation, consumer culture, and the history of reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A New Sensibility for Classics 1: Our Native Classics, Complete and Uniform 2: The Elzevirs of Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis 3: William Creech and John Boyle: The Classics Move across Scotland 4: John Bell's Little Trifling Edition Revisited 5: Johnson's Prefaces and Bell's Connected System of Biography 6: The Best Judges of Vendible Poetry: William Strahan, Joseph Wenman, et al. 7: Robert Anderson's Comprehensive View of English Poetry 8: Charles Cooke's Pocket Library 9: . John Sharpe and Alexander Chalmers: A Body of Standard English Poetry? 10: Splinter Canons, Fugitives, and Empire Epilogue: A Library to Every House Appendices Bibliography Index of Poets Index of Booksellers, Printers, Publishers

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• Authors: Thomas F. Bonnell, Thomas F. (Saint Mary's College Bonnell, Bonnell Thomas F.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9780199532209
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953220-9
• No. of pages: 387
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade