The most disreputable trade : publishing the classics of English poetry, 1765-1810

The most disreputable trade : publishing the classics of English poetry, 1765-1810 / Thomas F. Bonnell.

Author/creator	Bonnell, Thomas Frank, 1953-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description	xiv, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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)

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and indexes.
LCCN	2007046144
ISBN	9780199532209
ISBN	0199532206

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	Z326 .B65 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold