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The Literary Correspondences of the Tonsons (Hardcover)
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The Literary Correspondences of the Tonsons (Hardcover)
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The Tonsons were the pre-eminent literary publishers of the late
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It is difficult to
estimate their contribution to the formation of English literature
accurately. Nevertheless, it is clear that they carried Shakespeare
into the eighteenth century and started the practice of modern
editing of him. Without Rowe's life and without the Pope-Theobald
controversy, the history of Shakespeare studies would have been
different, perhaps much less illustrious. The same is true of
Milton, a figure who through his political sympathies was in
disrepute, but on whom Jacob Tonson the elder (and his nephew after
him) decided to lavish the care, eventually including illustration
and annotation, usually reserved for the classics. Later they
issued an edition of Spenser by John Hughes, thus creating the
triumvirate who for many years were to dominate the study of
English renaissance literature. It is not unreasonable to claim
that the house of Tonson invented English literature as matter for
repeated reading and study. In addition, of course, the Tonsons
were Dryden's main publisher, the first to publish Pope, and the
consistent supporters of Addison and Steele and their early
periodicals, while Jacob Tonson the elder had earlier shaped the
miscellany, the translation of classical poetry into English, the
pocket Elzevier series, and the luxury edition - practices carried
on by the Tonson firm throughout the eighteenth century. They were
at the forefront of the creation of a Whig literary culture and
Jacob Tonson the elder was the founder of the famous Whig Kit-Cat
Club which, it has been said, saved the nation. This edition brings
together the correspondences of the Tonsons for the first time and
represents a major intervention in the field of the history of the
book and literary production. It includes 158 letters, with
translations where necessary, from major authors, politicians, and
men and women of letters of the period, discussing their work and
the role that the Tonsons played in getting literature to the press
and the reading nation. The letters are accompanied by generous and
insightful annotation, as well as brief biographies of each of the
Tonsons, and special sections on publishing, patronage, and
retirement.
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