How and Why to Do Things with Eighteenth-Century Manuscripts

ISBN-13: 9781108926133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 98 str.

British Columbia) Schelle Betty A. (Simon Fraser University

Opis

Demonstrates the rich variety and importance of literary manuscripts—of poems, letters, and fiction—produced between 1730 and 1820.

Recenzje

'… a very important contribution to reading connections between archival history, library and archive practices, and literary history.' Laura Søvsø Thomasen, Metascience

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Manuscript Culture and Social Authorship in the Eighteenth Century; 2. Manuscript Verse Miscellanies; 3. Familiar Correspondences; 4. Manuscript Circulation and Print Publication; 5. Remediating the Manuscript Record; Coda: Loss, Discovery, and the Importance of Manuscript Studies.