The Culture of the Publisher's Series, Volume 1: Authors, Publishers and the Shaping of Taste

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Notes on Contributors......Page 14
Introduction: Wondering about 'the Causes of Causes': The Publisher's Series, Its Cultural Work and Meanings......Page 16
1 Market Forces and Modernisation in the French Book Trade in the Last Century of the 'Ancien Régime' and in the Early Nineteenth Century: Some Reflections on the Emergence of the Publisher's Series......Page 77
2 The Paperback Revolution in France, 1850–1950......Page 87
3 Canonicity, Reprint Publishing, and Copyright......Page 103
4 ‘To Undertake Such Works as They Find to Be Wanted': The Early Years of the Clarendon Press Series......Page 121
5 Personality, Appreciation and Literary Education: Harrap's Poetry and Life Series, 1911–1930......Page 140
6 Excavating Original African American 'Pulp Fiction': W.W. Norton's Old School Books......Page 156
7 The Symbiotic Relationship of Thomas Nelson and Sons and John Buchan within the Publisher's Series......Page 171
8 The Series as Commodity: Marketing T. Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries......Page 186
9 Sifting out ‘Rubbish' in the Literature of the Twenties and Thirties: Chatto and Windus and the Phoenix Library......Page 203
10 Behind the Scenes at the Albatross Press: A Modern Press for Modern Times......Page 217
11 'Sound Information and Innocent Amusement': John Murray's Books on the Move......Page 234
Index......Page 252