Editing fiction : three case studies from post-war Australia / Alice Grundy, Australian National University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grundy, Alice, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture 2514-8524.

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--Editing--Case studies.

Fiction.

Editing--Australia--Case studies.

Editing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Editing Fiction considers the collaborative efforts of literary production as well as editorial practice in its own right, using case studies by Australian novelists Jessica Anderson, Thea Astley and Ruth Park. An emphasis on collaboration is necessary because literary criticism often takes books as finite, discrete works rather than the result of multiple contributors, engaged to differing degrees. The editorial process always involves a negotiation over edits for the sake of the work, taking its potential reception or projected sales into account. Through examination of the archives, this Element shows that editing can be formative, limiting, commercially directed, a literary collaboration - or a mix of all these interventions. For editors and scholars alike, the Element examines practices of the recent past, seeking to determine the responsibilities of editors and publishers to authors, the text itself and to society; and the interrelation of editorial work, social conditions and market forces.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jul 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009039383 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.