The Culture of the Publisher's Series, Volume 2 Nationalisms and the National Canon

by Spiers, John

• ISBN13: 9780230284036
• ISBN10: 0230284035
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This volume explores problems concerning the series, national development and the national canon in a range of countries and their international book-trade relationships. 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.

Author Biography

John Spiers is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, UK, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Glamorgan, UK. He is also a distinguished publisher, founding the Harvester Press in 1969.

Table of Contents

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 and marketing the Australian Library; A.Rukavina
Series for Women in 19th century Netherlandsl; L.Kuitert
Leonard Bast's Library: Aspiration, Emulation and 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 by the Millions: J. M. Dent's 'Everyman Library'; T.I.Seymour
'The Green and the Gold': publisher's series in 19th-century Ireland; E.Tilley
One Series After Another: the Macmillan Company of Canada; R.Panofsky
Index