Borrowing, Altering, and Perfecting the Literary Annual Form -- or What It Is Not: Emblems, Almanacs, Pocket-books, Albums, Scrapbooks, and Gift Books

Authors

  • Katherine D. Harris San Jose State University

Keywords:

poetry, literary annuals, giftbooks, print history, popular literature, 19th-century literature

Abstract

This essay discusses how the form of the literary annual emerges in early nineteenth-century England, distinguishing it along the way from other kinds of collections.

Author Biography

Katherine D. Harris, San Jose State University

Editor of the Forget Me Not: A Hypertextual Archive, Katherine D. Harris is section editor of the British Literary Annuals section of the Poetess Archive.

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Published

2010-12-14