Del 19 - Penn State Series in the History of the Book

Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

AvDavid R. Whitesell,American Antiquarian Society) Whitesell, David R. (Curator of Books

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The culmination of five decades of research, this monumental work of descriptive bibliography, containing entries for more than 1,300 editions, assembles by date of printing the corpus of poetry composed and printed in the United States of America in books and pamphlets up through 1820. It also includes a revised version of Roger Stoddard’s seminal essay “Poet and Printer in Colonial and Federal America: Some Bibliographical Perspectives,” which explores the production of poetry in American culture from the colonial period to the early days of the American Republic. Enhancing access to this rich source of information are eight indexes: place of publication, printers and publishers, artists and engravers, signed or attributed bookbindings, dedicatees, provenance, subject, and author/title. This work is published for the Bibliographical Society of America by The Pennsylvania State University Press.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-11-15
Mått178 x 254 x 53 mm
Vikt1 429 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePenn State Series in the History of the Book
Antal sidor832
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271052229
UtmärkelserWinner of MLA Prize for a Bibliography, Archive, or Digital Project 2013

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Roger E. Stoddard worked for forty-two years in the Harvard Library, retiring in 2004 as Curator of Rare Books in the Harvard College Library, Senior Curator in the Houghton Library, and Senior Lecturer on English. Since then he has published bibliographies of Jacques-Charles Brunet, Primo Levi, and W. G. Sebald.David R. Whitesell is Curator in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia; he previously served as Curator of Books at the American Antiquarian Society.

ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPoet and Printer in Colonial and Federal America: Some Bibliographical PerspectivesSome General StatisticsDedicationsSubscriptionsRecitationsPopular TextsPublishers’ Bindings in PaperIllustrationsIntroduction to the BibliographyParts of the EntryAbbreviationsBibliographical CitationsLocation SymbolsConspectus of the BibliographyThe BibliographyThe IndexesIndex of Place of PublicationIndex of Printers and PublishersIndex of Artists and EngraversIndex of Bookbindings Signed or AttributedIndex of DedicateesProvenance IndexSubject IndexAuthor and Title Index

“This important, indeed groundbreaking, work promises to contribute immensely to our understanding of both early American literary culture and the history of American publishing and printing, while also opening up many avenues for fruitful future research. The result of a lifetime of work by Roger Stoddard, bookman extraordinaire, and diligently edited by David Whitesell, this bibliography provides a definitive record of the canon of early American poetry with detailed descriptions, many discoveries and new attributions, and extensive listings of holdings.”—Michael Winship, University of Texas at Austin