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The Future of Literary Archives
Title
The Future of Literary Archives
Subtitle
Diasporic and Dispersed Collections at Risk
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€ 110,00 excl. VAT
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9781942401575
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Hardback
Number of pages
174
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English
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15.6 x 23.4 cm
Series
Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital Humanities - ARC
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Categories
Archiving, Conservation and Digitization
Heritage Studies
Discipline
History, Art History, and Archaeology
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Introduction: Literary papers as the most 'diasporic' of all archives ;David C. Sutton Part One: Diasporic Lives, Diasporic Archives Caribbean literary archives and the politics of location: Challenging the norms of belonging ;Alison Donnell The Huntley Archives at London Metropolitan Archives ;Maureen Roberts Conserving private literary and editorial archives: The story of the IMEC ;Andre; Derval Migration, Freedom of Expression and the Importance of Diasporic Literary Archives ;Jennifer Toews Part Two: The Challenges of Literary Archives The Universal Dimension of Diasporic Literary Archives ;Jens Boel Namibian literary archives: New beginnings and a possible African model ;Veno V. Kauaria and David C. Sutton Francophone Archives at Risk ;Sophie Heywood Italian Literary Archives: Legacies and Challenges ;Daniela La Penna Part Three: The World beyond Literary Archives Unknown/Unknowns and Known/Unknowns ;Trudy Huskamp Peterson Publishers’ archives, author’s papers and literary scholarship ;Andrew Nash Diasporic archives in translation research: A Case Study of Anthony Burgess's Archives ;Serenella Zanotti Part Four: Conclusion Conclusion: The Future of Literary Manuscripts: An International Perspective ;David C. Sutton APPENDIX ONE: Authors and their papers: A guidance sheet for authors and writers

David Sutton, Ann Livingstone (eds)

The Future of Literary Archives

Diasporic and Dispersed Collections at Risk

Literary archives differ from most other types of archival papers in that their locations are more diverse and difficult to predict. Acquiring institutions for literary papers have historically had very little by way of collecting policies and consequently the collecting of literary papers has often been opportunistic and serendipitous. The essays collected in this book all derive or continue from the recent work of the Diasporic Literary Archives Network, which takes a comparative, transnational and internationalist approach to studying literary manuscripts, their uses and their significance. The focus on diaspora provides a philosophical framework which gives a highly original set of points of reference for the study of literary archives, including concepts such as the natural home, the appropriate location, exile, dissidence, fugitive existence, cultural hegemony, patrimony, heritage, and economic migration.
Editors

David Sutton

David C. Sutton is Director of Research Projects in Reading University Library. He is editor of the Location Register of English Literary Manuscripts and Letters and UK editor of the WATCH copyright project.

Ann Livingstone

Ann Livingstone is an administrator at the University of Reading. She provided administrative and editorial support to the Diasporic Literary Archives research project from which this book was born.

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