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The most disreputable trade : publishing the classics of English poetry, 1765-1810
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- Creator
- Thomas F. Bonnell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780199532209, 0199532206
- OCLC
- ocn181862564
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-370) and indexes.
- Our native classics, complete and uniform -- The Elzevirs of Glasgow : Robert and Andrew Foulis -- William Creech and John Boyle : the classics spread across Scotland -- John Bell's little trifling edition revisited -- Johnson's prefaces and Bell's connected system of biography -- The best judges of vendible poetry : William Strahan, Joseph Wenman, et al. -- Robert Anderson's comprehensive view of English poetry -- Charles Cooke's pocket library -- John Sharpe and Alexander Chalmers : a body of standard English poetry -- Splinter canons, fugitives, and empire
Subjects
- Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- English literature -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- English literature -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Poetry -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Poetry -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History.
- Monographic series -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History.
- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History.
- Canon (Literature)