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Lives in print : biography and the book trade from the Middle Ages to the 21st century
- Title
- Lives in print : biography and the book trade from the Middle Ages to the 21st century / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote.
- Publication
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2002.
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- Description
- xiv, 208 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Biography as a genre has a long history: this collection of original essays points the reader in two directions. First, it shows how biography has become one of the staples of the business of publishing. Second, it highlights the role of the men and women who earned their living in the production and distribution of books and serials.
- With contributions from leading specialists, this volume illustrates the development of biography from the Middle Ages to the present day - from manuscript lives of the saints to the current revision and production of the new Dictionary of National Biography."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Publishing pathways
- Uniform Title
- Publishing pathways.
- Subject
- Biography > History > Congresses
- Biography > History > Great Britain > Congresses
- Printers > History and criticism > Congresses
- Printers > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses
- Biography as a literary form > Congresses
- Book industries and trade > History > Congresses
- Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History > Congresses
- Note
- Papers originally presented at a conference held in London, Dec. 1-2, 2001.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Collections of Saints' Lives in the 13th and 14th Centuries: Interpreting the Manuscript Evidence / Joana Proud -- John Foxe, John Day and the Printing of the 'Book of Martyrs' / Elizabeth Evenden and Thomas S. Freeman -- Shakespeare's Lives in Print, 1662-1821 / Paulina Kewes -- Andrew Brice, Printer of Exeter: An Agreeable Biographical Gallimaufry / Ian Maxted -- John Nichols as Chairman of the Master Printers' Committee (1800-1811) / Robin Myers -- Beyond the Literary Anecdotes: The Nichols Family Archive as a Source for Book Trade Biography / Julian Pooley -- Missing Lives: The Absence of Printers' Life Writings in Early Modern Italy and their Evolution in the Nineteenth Century / Anna Giulia Cavagna -- The Dictionary of National Biography: A Publishing History / Robert Faber and Brian Harrison -- Hunting down John Wolfe for the New DNB / Ian Gadd.
- ISBN
- 1584560940 (Oak Knoll)
- 0712347968 (BL)
- LCCN
- 2002028304
- OCLC
- ocm50598051
- SCSB-14269920
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries