Samuel Richardson as anonymous editor and printer : recycling texts for the book market /
"From the beginning of his career as printer, Samuel Richardson consistently worked as an anonymous editor and compiler while manufacturing books from his press. While setting type for his many newspapers and journals, this major London printer was mainly concerned about generating a readership...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Anthem Press,
2024
New York, NY : 2024 |
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| Summary: | "From the beginning of his career as printer, Samuel Richardson consistently worked as an anonymous editor and compiler while manufacturing books from his press. While setting type for his many newspapers and journals, this major London printer was mainly concerned about generating a readership and thus invoked all the tricks of his trade to arouse interest in his readers. Without ever asserting himself as the author, Richardson produced many letters to the editor as a means of invoking a collective response without risking the responsibility of answering for the opinions expressed in his letters. It was a rhetorical strategy that worked very well for a printer who by profession had to publish many works that expressed opinions wholly in conflict with his own. His long experience as anonymous editor prepared him in launching fictional "histories" told through multiple voices that conceal or underplay a central author's authority"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 140 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1785273531 9781785273537 |