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Languages : en
Pages : 744
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Milton. Cowley. Waller. Butler. Denham
Author: The Works of the British Poets: Milton, Cowley, Waller, Butler, and Denham
Author: Robert AndersonPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain
Author: The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period
Author: William St ClairPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521810067
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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The Works of the British Poets
Author: Robert AndersonPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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The Most Disreputable Trade
Author: Thomas F. BonnellPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191559733
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A publishing phenomenon began in Glasgow in 1765. Uniform pocket editions of the English Poets printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis formed the first link in a chain of literary products that has grown ever since, as we see from series like Penguin Classics and Oxford World Classics. Bonnell explores the origins of this phenomenon, analysing more than a dozen multi-volume poetry collections that sprang from the British press over the next half century. Why such collections flourished so quickly, who published them, what forms they assumed, how they were marketed and advertised, how they initiated their readers into the rites of mass-market consumerism, and what role they played in the construction of a national literature are all questions central to the study. The collections played out against an epic battle over copyright law, and involved fierce contention for market share in the 'classics' among rival publishers. It brought despair to the most powerful of London printers, William Strahan, who prophesied that competition of this nature would ruin bookselling, turning it into 'the most pitiful, beggarly, precarious, unprofitable, and disreputable Trade in Britain'. Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets were part of such a collection, dubbed 'Johnson's Poets'. The third edition of this collection, published in 1810, brought the national project to its high water mark: it contained 129 poets, plus extensive translations from the Greek and Roman classics. By this point, all the features that characterize modern series of vernacular classics had been established, and never since has such an ambitious expression of the poetic canon been repeated, as Bonnell shows by peering forward into the nineteenth century and beyond. Based on work with archival materials, newspapers, handbills, prospectuses, and above all the books themselves, Bonnell's findings shed light on all aspects of the book trade. Valuable bibliographical data is presented regarding every collection, forming an indispensable resource for future work on the history of the English poetry canon.
Catalogue of the valuable library of Henry B. Humphrey
Author: Leonard and Co.Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382135264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Monthly Review; Or, New Literary Journal
Author: Ralph GriffithsThe Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces
Author: Robert AndersonPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Henry B. Humphrey, Esq
Author: Henry B. HumphreyPublisher:
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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