LEADER 04479nam 2200685 450 001 9910456402503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8466-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442684669 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002132 035 $a(EBL)4672347 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478612 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12141607 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478612 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10433678 035 $a(PQKB)11782954 035 $a(CaPaEBR)424308 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00222354 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3262347 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672347 035 $a(DE-B1597)464034 035 $a(OCoLC)944177053 035 $a(OCoLC)999354225 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442684669 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672347 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258017 035 $a(OCoLC)958572324 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002132 100 $a20160915h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNew Canadian library $ethe Ross-McClelland years, 1952-1978 /$fJanet B. Friskney 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Book and Print Culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4426-3058-2 311 $a0-8020-9746-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart One: The Historical Narrative -- $t1 Malcolm Ross, Jack McClelland, and the Launch of the NCL -- $t2 Establishing a Canadian Literary Reprint Series, 1958-1967 -- $t3 Establishment and Its Discontents, 1968-1978 -- $tPart Two: Editorial Practices and the Selective Tradition -- $t4 Selection, Rejection, and Compromise -- $t5 On the Matter of the Source Text -- $t6 Canonical Conundrums -- $tAPPENDICES -- $tAppendix A: New Canadian Library Titles, 1958-1978 -- $tAppendix B: Copies of NCL Titles Sold Annually, 1958-1979 -- $tAppendix B: Copies of NCL Titles Sold Annually, 1958-1979 -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aIn the mid-1950s, much Canadian literature was out of print, making it relatively inaccessible to readers, including those studying the subject in schools and universities. When English professor Malcolm Ross approached Toronto publisher Jack McClelland in 1952 to propose a Canadian literary reprint series, it was still the accepted wisdom among publishers that Canadian literature was of insufficient interest to the educational market to merit any great publishing risks. Eventually convinced by Ross that a latent market for Canadian literary reprints did indeed exist, McClelland & Stewart launched the New Canadian Library (NCL) series in 1958, with Ross as its general editor. In 2008, the NCL will celebrate a half-century of publication.In New Canadian Library, Janet B. Friskney takes the reader through the early history of the NCL series, focusing on the period up to 1978 when Malcolm Ross retired as general editor. A wealth of archival resources, published reviews, and the NCL volumes themselves are used to survey the working relationship between Ross and McClelland, as well as the collaborative participation of those who, through the middle decades of the twentieth century, were committed to studying and nurturing Canada?s literary heritage. To place the New Canadian Library in its proper historical context, Friskney examines the simultaneous development of Canadian literary studies as a legitimate area of research and teaching in academe and acknowledges the NCL as a milestone in Canadian publishing history. 410 0$aStudies in book and print culture. 606 $aCanadian literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishing$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCanadian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 7$aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishing. 676 $a070.5092 700 $aFriskney$b Janet B.$0856738 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456402503321 996 $aNew Canadian library$91913427 997 $aUNINA