Translations and copyright in the Italian book trade : publishers, agents, and the State (1900-1947) / Anna Lanfranchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lanfranchi, Anna, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

New directions in book history 2634-6125

New directions in book history, 2634-6125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book industries and trade--Italy--History.

Book industries and trade.

Copyright--Italy--History.

Copyright.

Copyright--Translations--Italy--History.

Translating and interpreting--Italy--History.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

Contents:

Introduction. The "translation boom" reframed: publishers, literary agents and the translation rights market in Italy

1. Modernisation, professionals, copyright: preconditions for the Italian translation industry

2. Intellectual networks, professional societies, translators: the "informal agents" of Laterza, Bemporad and Sonzogno

3. From direct contact to delegation, and back again: the shifting strategies of Arnoldo Mondadori

4. The rise of the Italian literary agent: Helicon and the Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale

5. Publishers' agencies: Helicon, Ulisse and the New York branch of Einaudi

6. Translations rights matter: wartime cultural diplomacy and the Italian book trade

Conclusion. Towards a European history of the translation rights trade.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 8, 2024).

ISBN:

9783031649127

3031649125

Publisher Number:

90100689369

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.