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Proofs of genius : collected editions from the American Revolution to the Digital Age / Amanda Gailey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gailey, Amanda A.
- Series:
- Editorial theory and literary criticism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Appreciation.
- Dickinson, Emily.
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Appreciation.
- Whitman, Walt.
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
- American literature--Appreciation--United States--History--19th century.
- American literature.
- American literature--Appreciation--United States--History--20th century.
- Literature publishing--United States--History--19th century.
- Literature publishing.
- Authorship.
- History.
- Editing.
- Editions.
- American literature--Appreciation.
- United States.
- Literature publishing--United States--History--20th century.
- Editions--United States--History.
- Editing--United States--History.
- Canon (Literature).
- Authorship--History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "Proofs of Genius: Collected Editions from the American Revolution to the Digital Age is the first extensive study of the collected edition as an editorial genre within American literary history. Unlike editions of an author's "selected works" or thematic anthologies, which clearly indicate the presence of non-authorial editorial intervention, collected editions have typically been arranged to imply an unmediated documentary completeness. By design, the collected edition obscures its own role in shaping the cultural reception of the author. In Proofs of Genius, Amanda Gailey argues that decisions to re-edit major authorial corpora are acts of canon-formation in miniature that indicate more foundational shifts in the way a culture views its literature and itself. By combining a theoretically-informed approach with a broad historical view of collected editions from the late eighteenth century to the present (including the rise of digital editions), Gailey fills a gap in the textual scholarship of the editing history of major figures like Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and of the American literary canon itself"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- America collecting itself : national identity and intellectual property in the Early Republic
- Dickinson's remains
- Whitman's shrines
- Cold War editing and the rise of the "American literature industry"
- The death of the author has been greatly exaggerated.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472121267
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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