Transatlantic Materials of American Literature
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1800s book trade
19th-century essay circulation
19th-century literary networks
19th-century print culture
9th-century American authors
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abolitionist literature abroad
abolitionist publishing history
African American literary voices
American authors and British markets
American fiction in Britain
American gothic in Britain
American literary history
American literature
American literature and British influence
American literature in Britain
American nationalism in literature
antebellum poetry collections
antebellum print history
Antebellum publishing industry
author-publisher contracts
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Black authors in British markets
book market economics
Books about American literature abroad
Books about transatlantic literature
Books for American studies researchers
Books for book history students
Books for history of publishing enthusiasts
Books for literary scholars
Books for literature historians
Books for print culture scholars
Books for publishing professionals
Books for transatlantic studies readers
Books for Victorian literature lovers
Books on 19th-century publishing
Books on literary copyright history
Books on print culture and nationalism
British literary piracy
British publishing profits
British reprints of American books
British views of American culture
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competing national imaginaries
Copyright debates
copyright law
Copyright law and literature
cross-border literary law
early American fiction abroad
early copyright debates
Edgar Allan Poe
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Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
History of American literature
identity politics and print culture
international copyright conflicts
international literary editions
literary activism and race
literary piracy 19th century
literary piracy and ethics
literary property debates
Literature and print technologies
literature and racial consciousness
literature as cultural diplomacy
material culture of books
national identity in print
print technology evolution
public domain literature
publishing history transatlantic
Race and American literature
race and authorship tensions
racial politics in publishing
racial violence in print media
racialized narratives in transatlantic discourse
serialized fiction history
slave narrative publications
slavery and transatlantic readers
Studies on British-American literary exchange
transatlantic book circulation
Transatlantic book trade
transatlantic cultural criticism
transatlantic intellectual property
transatlantic literary exchanges
transatlantic literature
transatlantic publishing networks
Unauthorized editions of US books
Uncle Tom's Cabin
US literary canon formation
Victorian publishing and American books
women writers in transatlantic print
Product details
- ISBN 9781625346865
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 153 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 24 Feb 2023
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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During the antebellum period, British publishers increasingly brought out their own authorized and unauthorized editions of American literary works as the popularity of print exploded and literacy rates grew. Playing a formative role in the shaping of American literature, the industry championed the work of U.S.-based writers, highlighted the cultural value of American literary works, and intervened in debates about the future of American literature, authorship, and print culture.
The Transatlantic Materials of American Literature examines the British editions of American fiction, poetry, essays, and autobiographies from writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and Hannah Flagg Gould. Putting these publications into historical context, Katie McGettigan considers key issues of the day, including developments in copyright law, changing print technologies, and the financial considerations at play for authors and publishers. This innovative study also uncovers how the transatlantic circulation of these works exposed the racial violence and cultural nationalism at the heart of the American experiment, producing overlapping and competing visions of American nationhood in the process.
