The book world : selling and distributing British literature, 1900-1940 /
The book world : selling and distributing British literature, 1900-1940 /
edited by Nicola Wilson.
- 1 online resource.
- Library of the written word, v. 49 1874- 4834 ; The industrial world ; v. 6 .
- Library of the Written Word 49. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2016-II, ISBN: 9789004303881. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction: The Book World / British Publishers and Colonial Editions / A Trade in Desires: Emigration, A.C. Gunter and the Home Publishing Company / “Introductions by Eminent Writers”: T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf in the Oxford World’s Classics Series / Literary Success and Popular Romantic Fiction: Ethel M. Dell, a Case Study / “The Market is Getting Flooded with Them”: Richard Aldington’s Death of a Hero and the War Books Boom / Genre at the Hogarth Press / Alec Craig, Censorship and the Literary Marketplace: A Bookman’s Struggles / Boots Book-Lovers’ Library: Domesticating the Exotic and Building Provincial Literary Taste / Readers and Reading Patterns: Oral History and the Archive / Surveying the Trade: The Book World and its Translocal Reach / Bibliography / Index / Nicola Wilson -- Nicola Wilson -- Nicola Wilson -- Simon Frost -- Lise Jaillant -- David Tanner -- Vincent Trott -- Claire Battershill -- Richard Espley -- Sally Dugan -- Nickianne Moody -- Sydney J. Shep -- Nicola Wilson -- Nicola Wilson.
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British literature underwent profound changes in the period 1900-1940. What role did audiences and channels of book distribution play in this? In this wide-ranging collection, the influence of publishers, distributors, librarians and readers come to the foreground to open up new perspectives on literature and print culture. Rooted in original archival research, chapters include studies of the engagement of canonical writers and bestsellers with the literary marketplace; the influence of international and mobile audiences; publishing practices involving genre, promotion, and censorship; and the significance of spaces of reading including bookshops, circulating libraries and on-board passenger ships. Through a series of detailed case-studies that focus on under-explored aspects of distribution and readership, the contributors open up new perspectives on literature and the British book trade.
9789004315884
10.1163/9789004315884 DOI
2016019083
1900-1999
Book industries and trade--History--Great Britain--20th century.
English literature--Publishing--History--20th century.
Books--Marketing--History--20th century.
Books and reading--History--20th century.
Subscription libraries--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Censorship--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Authors and publishers--History--20th century.
Authors and readers--History--20th century.
Authors and publishers.
Authors and readers.
Book industries and trade.
Books and reading.
Books--Marketing.
Censorship.
English literature--Publishing.
Subscription libraries.
Great Britain.
History.
Z325
381/.4500209410904
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction: The Book World / British Publishers and Colonial Editions / A Trade in Desires: Emigration, A.C. Gunter and the Home Publishing Company / “Introductions by Eminent Writers”: T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf in the Oxford World’s Classics Series / Literary Success and Popular Romantic Fiction: Ethel M. Dell, a Case Study / “The Market is Getting Flooded with Them”: Richard Aldington’s Death of a Hero and the War Books Boom / Genre at the Hogarth Press / Alec Craig, Censorship and the Literary Marketplace: A Bookman’s Struggles / Boots Book-Lovers’ Library: Domesticating the Exotic and Building Provincial Literary Taste / Readers and Reading Patterns: Oral History and the Archive / Surveying the Trade: The Book World and its Translocal Reach / Bibliography / Index / Nicola Wilson -- Nicola Wilson -- Nicola Wilson -- Simon Frost -- Lise Jaillant -- David Tanner -- Vincent Trott -- Claire Battershill -- Richard Espley -- Sally Dugan -- Nickianne Moody -- Sydney J. Shep -- Nicola Wilson -- Nicola Wilson.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
British literature underwent profound changes in the period 1900-1940. What role did audiences and channels of book distribution play in this? In this wide-ranging collection, the influence of publishers, distributors, librarians and readers come to the foreground to open up new perspectives on literature and print culture. Rooted in original archival research, chapters include studies of the engagement of canonical writers and bestsellers with the literary marketplace; the influence of international and mobile audiences; publishing practices involving genre, promotion, and censorship; and the significance of spaces of reading including bookshops, circulating libraries and on-board passenger ships. Through a series of detailed case-studies that focus on under-explored aspects of distribution and readership, the contributors open up new perspectives on literature and the British book trade.
9789004315884
10.1163/9789004315884 DOI
2016019083
1900-1999
Book industries and trade--History--Great Britain--20th century.
English literature--Publishing--History--20th century.
Books--Marketing--History--20th century.
Books and reading--History--20th century.
Subscription libraries--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Censorship--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Authors and publishers--History--20th century.
Authors and readers--History--20th century.
Authors and publishers.
Authors and readers.
Book industries and trade.
Books and reading.
Books--Marketing.
Censorship.
English literature--Publishing.
Subscription libraries.
Great Britain.
History.
Z325
381/.4500209410904