Tag Archives: writing

Literary Archives in the British Isles

Previous posts on this blog have described the different collecting practices around the world, distinguishing in particular between countries where a single institution takes the main initiative (such as Namibia and Uruguay) and countries characterised by multiple collecting institutions (such … Continue reading →

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New publication: Cultural Heritage and the Literary Archive

Tim Sommer (ed.), Cultural Heritage and the Literary Archive: Objects, Institutions, and Practices between the Analogue and the Digital, Routledge. From Routledge website: ‘Modern literary archives play a key role in how authors’ lives and works get canonized and consecrated … Continue reading →

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