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UNINA9910137522403321 |
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Autore |
Gailey Amanda A. |
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Titolo |
Proofs of genius : collected editions from the American revolution to the digital age / / Amanda Gailey |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Editorial theory and literary criticism |
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Authorship - History |
Canon (Literature) |
Editing - United States - History |
Editions - United States - History |
Literature publishing - United States - History - 20th century |
Literature publishing - United States - History - 19th century |
American literature - Appreciation - United States - History - 20th century |
American literature - Appreciation - United States - History - 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Proofs of Genius: Collected Editions from the American Revolution to the Digital Age is the first extensive study of the collected edition as an editorial genre within American literary history. Unlike editions of an author's "selected works" or thematic anthologies, which clearly indicate the presence of non-authorial editorial intervention, collected editions have typically been arranged to imply an unmediated documentary completeness. By design, the collected edition obscures its own role in shaping the cultural reception of the author. In Proofs of Genius, Amanda Gailey argues that decisions to re-edit major authorial corpora are acts of canon-formation in miniature that indicate more foundational shifts in the way a culture views its literature and itself. By combining a theoretically-informed approach with a broad historical |
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