Modernist Lives
Biography and Autobiography at Leonard and Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press
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Modernist Lives
Biography and Autobiography at Leonard and Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press
About This Book
Focusing on the biographies and autobiographies published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press from 1917-1946, Claire Battershill shows the importance of publishing history in understanding modernist literary work and culture. Modernist Lives draws on archival material from the Hogarth Press Business Archive and first editions from the Virginia Woolf Collection at the E. J. Pratt Library to show how the Woolfs' literary theories were expressed in all aspects of their publishing: their marketing strategies, editorial practice and the literary composition of their acquisitions. Featuring the works of figures such as Christopher Isherwood, Henry Green, Viola Tree, Vita Sackville-West and the Woolf's themselves, Battershill illuminates the history of Hogarth books from their composition to their reception by readers and critics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Editorial Preface to Historicizing Modernism
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. âWorks of Meritâ: What the Hogarth Press Published (1917â1946)
- 2. âA Fig for Literature! This Is Lifeâ: The Hogarth Press âBooks on Tolstoiâ (1920â1924)
- 3. Elastic Categories: Debates about Biography and Autobiography (1923â1929)
- 4. Marketing, Seriousness and Invention: Orlando (1928), Flush (1933) and Roger Fry (1940)
- 5. Tufty Eyebrows and Salty Countenances: The Hogarth Press Biography Series (1934â1937)
- 6. The Reticent Autobiografictions of Henry Green and Christopher Isherwood (1938â1940)
- Conclusion: The Legacy of the Hogarth Press
- Appendix A: List of Biographies and Autobiographies and Genre Categorizations
- Appendix B: List Prices, Sales Figures for the First Six Months, Print Run Numbers, and Profit and Loss Figures
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index