Putting Contents on the Table: The Disciplinary Anthology and the Field of Literary Criticism

Authors

  • Laura Mandell Miami University

Keywords:

poetry, 18th-century literature, 19th-century literature, literary history, popular literature, digital humanities, mediation, book history, print history, visual media,

Abstract

In this essay, I contend that poetry collections were the medium of canon formation, and date its emergence around 1825.

Author Biography

Laura Mandell, Miami University

Professor of English Literature, Director of 18thConnect, Associate Director of NINES, General Editor of the Poetess Archive

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Published

2011-03-08