“This book is a marvel of persistent research and the creative use of sources. McGettigan deftly and persuasively shows how the British publishing trades were intimately bound up with the American book market, shaping American authors’ understanding of their careers at every turn. The Transatlantic Materials of American Literature stands to become the authoritative account of the range of complex dealings between American authors and British publishers.”—Meredith McGill, author of American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting, 1834–1853“This is a truly groundbreaking project, which has the potential to revolutionize the way Americanists understand the importance of transatlantic publishing to US writers of the antebellum period.”—Joseph Rezek, author of London and the Making of Provincial Literature: Aesthetics and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1800–1850“This book is a marvel of persistent research and the creative use of sources. McGettigan deftly and persuasively shows how the British publishing trades were intimately bound up with the American book market, shaping American authors’ understanding of their careers at every turn. The Transatlantic Materials of American Literature stands to become the authoritative account of the range of complex dealings between American authors and British publishers.”—Meredith McGill, author of American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting, 1834–1853“This is a truly groundbreaking project, which has the potential to revolutionize the way Americanists understand the importance of transatlantic publishing to US writers of the antebellum period.”—Joseph Rezek, author of London and the Making of Provincial Literature: Aesthetics and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1800–1850“This book is a marvel of persistent research and the creative use of sources. McGettigan deftly and persuasively shows how the British publishing trades were intimately bound up with the American book market, shaping American authors’ understanding of their careers at every turn. The Transatlantic Materials of American Literature stands to become the authoritative account of the range of complex dealings between American authors and British publishers.”—Meredith McGill, author of American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting, 1834–1853“This is a truly groundbreaking project, which has the potential to revolutionize the way Americanists understand the importance of transatlantic publishing to US writers of the antebellum period.”—Joseph Rezek, author of London and the Making of Provincial Literature: Aesthetics and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1800–1850