The most disreputable trade : publishing the classics of English poetry, 1765-1810 / Thomas F. Bonnell.

Author/creator Bonnell, Thomas Frank, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxiv, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Literature publishing--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Literature publishing--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
English literature--Publishing. --Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
English literature--Publishing. --Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Poetry--Publishing. --Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Poetry--Publishing. --Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Publishers and publishing--Great Britain. --History.
Monographic series--Publishing. --Great Britain. --History.
Books and reading--Great Britain. --History.
Canon (Literature)

Contents Our native classics, complete and uniform -- The Elzevirs of Glasgow : Robert and Andrew Foulis -- William Creech and John Boyle : the classics spread across Scotland -- John Bell's little trifling edition revisited -- Johnson's prefaces and Bell's connected system of biography -- The best judges of vendible poetry : William Strahan, Joseph Wenman, et al. -- Robert Anderson's comprehensive view of English poetry -- Charles Cooke's pocket library -- John Sharpe and Alexander Chalmers : a body of standard English poetry -- Splinter canons, fugitives, and empire.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and indexes.
LCCN 2007046144
ISBN9780199532209
ISBN0199532206