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The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature, 2012
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, May 1, 2019
The essays collected here offer examinations of bibliographical matters, publishing practices, th... more The essays collected here offer examinations of bibliographical matters, publishing practices, the illustration of texts in a variety of engraved media, little studied print culture genres, the critical and editorial fortunes of individual works, and the significance of the complex interrelationships that authors entertained with booksellers, publishers, and designers. They investigate how all these relationships affected the production of print commodities and how all the agents involved in the making of books contributed to the cultural literacy of readers and the formation of a canon of literary texts. Specific topics include a bibliographical study of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko and its editions from its first publication to the present day; the illustrations of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and the ways in which the interpretive matrices of book illustration conditioned the afterlife and reception of Bunyan's work; the almanac and the subscription edition; publishing history, collecting, reading, and textual editing, especially of Robert Burns's poems and James Thomson's The Seasons; the "printing for the author" practice; the illustrated and material existence of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, and the Victorian periodical, The Athenaeum. Sandro Jung is Research Professor of Early Modern British Literature and Director of the Centre for the Study of Text and Print Culture at Ghent University. Contributors: Gerard Carruthers, Nathalie Colle-Bak, Marysa Demoor, Alan Downie, Peter Garside, Sandro Jung, Brian Maidment, Laura L. Runge.
Scholars who work on other authors are often surprised by the uncertainties of the Burns canon. T... more Scholars who work on other authors are often surprised by the uncertainties of the Burns canon. The authenticity of his most famous poems is not in doubt; because Burns made fair copies of favourite poems for friends and patrons, there are multiple manuscripts of many poems, and there are thousands of genuine Burns manuscripts. However, for some poems there is no manuscript in Burns's hand, no mention of the poem in the Burns correspondence, and no printed text from Burns's lifetime. Sometimes, also, the only known manuscript surfaced long after Burns's death, with no early provenance, so its own authenticity is in question. One of the poems raising such issues has been Burns's short "Poetical Inscription for an Altar to Independence," seven lines for which neither James Kinsley nor any other Burns editor records a manuscript, and for which the sole known manuscript, auctioned in 1929, had no recorded provenance. 1 Commonly, research on disputed Burns manuscripts ends unhappily, when something once treasured as Burns's autograph turns out to be a fake; untypically, the story reported here reverses that pattern, when a manuscript long stigmatized as a forgery can be shown to be authentic. The "Poetical Inscription" is one of the poems written in the 1790s that show Burns's continued and quite public commitment to the political ideals of the late 1780s. It has indeed recently been described as "apt proof of the poet's continued radical commitment." 2 Much of Burns's political poetry is well-authenticated. For "Scots wha hae," "A man's a man, for a' that," and "The Rights of Woman," Burns's authorship is documented through multiple manuscripts, contemporary mentions, and lifetime publication. His
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jul 31, 2023
... Deans 'Sauna Lads')□ Issue 2: Translations (TheatreDavid H... more ... Deans 'Sauna Lads')□ Issue 2: Translations (TheatreDavid Harrower 'Woyzeck', ProseYusef Szafki and Gogol)□ Issue 3: Authenticity (CritiqueGerry Carruthers on Burns, FilmEnrico Cocozza)□ Issue 4: Death, Dissolution and Decay (TheatrePauline Goldsmith 'Bright ...
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023
Eighteenth-Century Studies, Mar 1, 2023
Carruthers, G.(2004) Geddes, Alexander (1737-1802), Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar. I... more Carruthers, G.(2004) Geddes, Alexander (1737-1802), Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar. In: Matthew, HCG and Harrison, BH (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford ...
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Jul 21, 2014
The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature, 2012
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, May 1, 2019
The essays collected here offer examinations of bibliographical matters, publishing practices, th... more The essays collected here offer examinations of bibliographical matters, publishing practices, the illustration of texts in a variety of engraved media, little studied print culture genres, the critical and editorial fortunes of individual works, and the significance of the complex interrelationships that authors entertained with booksellers, publishers, and designers. They investigate how all these relationships affected the production of print commodities and how all the agents involved in the making of books contributed to the cultural literacy of readers and the formation of a canon of literary texts. Specific topics include a bibliographical study of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko and its editions from its first publication to the present day; the illustrations of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and the ways in which the interpretive matrices of book illustration conditioned the afterlife and reception of Bunyan's work; the almanac and the subscription edition; publishing history, collecting, reading, and textual editing, especially of Robert Burns's poems and James Thomson's The Seasons; the "printing for the author" practice; the illustrated and material existence of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, and the Victorian periodical, The Athenaeum. Sandro Jung is Research Professor of Early Modern British Literature and Director of the Centre for the Study of Text and Print Culture at Ghent University. Contributors: Gerard Carruthers, Nathalie Colle-Bak, Marysa Demoor, Alan Downie, Peter Garside, Sandro Jung, Brian Maidment, Laura L. Runge.
Scholars who work on other authors are often surprised by the uncertainties of the Burns canon. T... more Scholars who work on other authors are often surprised by the uncertainties of the Burns canon. The authenticity of his most famous poems is not in doubt; because Burns made fair copies of favourite poems for friends and patrons, there are multiple manuscripts of many poems, and there are thousands of genuine Burns manuscripts. However, for some poems there is no manuscript in Burns's hand, no mention of the poem in the Burns correspondence, and no printed text from Burns's lifetime. Sometimes, also, the only known manuscript surfaced long after Burns's death, with no early provenance, so its own authenticity is in question. One of the poems raising such issues has been Burns's short "Poetical Inscription for an Altar to Independence," seven lines for which neither James Kinsley nor any other Burns editor records a manuscript, and for which the sole known manuscript, auctioned in 1929, had no recorded provenance. 1 Commonly, research on disputed Burns manuscripts ends unhappily, when something once treasured as Burns's autograph turns out to be a fake; untypically, the story reported here reverses that pattern, when a manuscript long stigmatized as a forgery can be shown to be authentic. The "Poetical Inscription" is one of the poems written in the 1790s that show Burns's continued and quite public commitment to the political ideals of the late 1780s. It has indeed recently been described as "apt proof of the poet's continued radical commitment." 2 Much of Burns's political poetry is well-authenticated. For "Scots wha hae," "A man's a man, for a' that," and "The Rights of Woman," Burns's authorship is documented through multiple manuscripts, contemporary mentions, and lifetime publication. His
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jul 31, 2023
... Deans 'Sauna Lads')□ Issue 2: Translations (TheatreDavid H... more ... Deans 'Sauna Lads')□ Issue 2: Translations (TheatreDavid Harrower 'Woyzeck', ProseYusef Szafki and Gogol)□ Issue 3: Authenticity (CritiqueGerry Carruthers on Burns, FilmEnrico Cocozza)□ Issue 4: Death, Dissolution and Decay (TheatrePauline Goldsmith 'Bright ...
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023
Eighteenth-Century Studies, Mar 1, 2023
Carruthers, G.(2004) Geddes, Alexander (1737-1802), Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar. I... more Carruthers, G.(2004) Geddes, Alexander (1737-1802), Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar. In: Matthew, HCG and Harrison, BH (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford ...
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Jul 21, 2014