The Culture of the Publisher's Series. Authors, Publishers and the Shaping of Taste.
J. . Ed(S): Spiers
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Paperback. This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artefact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work. Editor(s): Spiers, J. Num Pages: 270 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artefact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work.
This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artefact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349329205
SKU
V9781349329205
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99-15
About J. . Ed(S): Spiers
VOLUME I PATRICK BUCKRIDGE Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia CECILE COTTENET Assistant-Professor, Universite de Provence, Aix-Marseille I, France SIMON ELIOT Professor of the History of the Book, Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK WALLACE KIRSOP Independent scholar, Australia KATE MACDONALD Senior Researcher, Department of English, University of Ghent, Belgium ANDREW ... Read more
Reviews for The Culture of the Publisher's Series. Authors, Publishers and the Shaping of Taste.
'An invaluable and engrossing re-evaluation of the Publishers Series, providing stimulating international comparisons and a lasting and important contribution to modern social and cultural history' - James Raven, Professor in Modern History, University of Essex, UK 'The phenomenon of the publisher's series - so central to 18th and 19th-century publishing and reading practices - has never before ... Read more