The Culture of Collected Editions
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Nash, Andrew. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 477.
The phenomenon of the collected edition has made a vital contribution to the construction of authorship, the history of reputation and the formation of the canon. Discussing a range of authors and subjects from Ben Jonson to the internet, this collection of essays brings together the disciplines of Literary and Cultural Criticism, Textual Criticism, Bibliography, Book and Publishing History, to ignite debate on the influence of famous editions of the past and the significance of present-day collected editions.
The phenomenon of the collected edition has made a vital contribution to the construction of authorship, the history of reputation and the formation of the canon. Discussing a range of authors and subjects from Ben Jonson to the internet, this collection of essays brings together the disciplines of Literary and Cultural Criticism, Textual Criticism, Bibliography, Book and Publishing History, to ignite debate on the influence of famous editions of the past and the significance of present-day collected editions.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403902665
SKU
V9781403902665
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99-15
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MICHAEL ANESKO Associate Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, USA MATTHEW J. BRUCCOLI Emily Brown Jeffries Professor of English, University of South Carolina, USA PETER DAVISON Former Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute IAN DONALDSON Grace 1 Professor of English, University of Cambridge, UK SIMON GATRELL Professor of English, University of Georgia, USA WARWICK GOULD Professor of English and Director of ... Read more
Reviews for The Culture of Collected Editions
'It is the mark of a good and necessary book that one's first reaction should be: Why hasn't this been done before? This historical survey of the culture of the collected edition, from Jonson to Orwell with prophetic glimpses of the electronic future, not only introduces the subject but substantially covers it. The issues raised, by every chapter, are material. ... Read more