The culture of the publisher's series v. 2 Nationalisms and the national canon

This volume explores problems concerning the series, national development andthe national canon in a range of countries and their international book-traderelationships. Studies focus on issues such as the fabrication of a national canon, and on the book in war-time, the evolution of Catholic literature, imperial traditions and colonial libraries. JOHN SPIERS is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies,UK. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors -Introduction. Wondering about 'the Causes of Causes'. The Publisher's Series,its Cultural Work and Meanings - PART II: The Series, the Academy, and the World; 'J.Spiers' - The American Publisher's Series Goes to War, 1942-1946, 'J.B.Hench' - The Spanish Collections of Herder Verlag: International Catholic Literature; 'A.C.Viro' - Adamantios Korais' The Greek Library (1805-1827): An Ingenious Publisher and The Making of a Nation; 'N.Yakovaki' - Fabricating a National Canon: The Role of Richard Bentley and George Robertson in Developing andMarketing the Australian Library; 'A.Rukavina' - Series for Women in 19th Century Netherlandsl; 'L.Kuitert' - Leonard Bast's Library: Aspiration, Emulationand the Imperial National Tradition; 'R.Fraser' - Negotiating the List: Launching Macmillan's Colonial Library and Author Contracts; 'S.Towheed' - Household Words: An Account of the 'Bengal Family Library'; 'A.Gupta - 'Great Books bythe Millions: J. M. Dent's 'Everyman Library'; 'T.I.Seymour' - 'The Green andthe Gold': Publisher's Series in 19th-century Ireland; 'E.Tilley' - One Series After Another: The Macmillan Company of Canada;' R.Panofsky' - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-28403-6
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 18/02/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido