Title Editing fiction : three case studies from post-war Australia / Alice Grundy, Australian National University

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (80 pages) : color illustrations Series Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture. Summary "Editing Fiction considers the collaborative efforts of literary production as well as editorial practice in its own right, using case studies by Australian novelists Jessica Anderson, Thea Astley and Ruth Park. An emphasis on collaboration is necessary because literary criticism often takes books as finite, discrete works rather than the result of multiple contributors' labour, engaged to differing degrees. The editorial process always involves a negotiation over edits for the sake of the work, taking its potential reception or projected sales into account. Through examination of the archives, this Element shows that editing can be formative, limiting, commercially directed, a literary collaboration or a mix of all these interventions. For editors and scholars alike, the Element examines practices of the recent past, seeking to determine the responsibilities of editors and publishers to authors, to the text itself and to society, and the interrelation of editorial work, social conditions and market forces"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 20, 2022) Subject Fiction -- Editing -- Case studies Australian fiction -- Case studies Editing -- Case studies LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishers & Publishing Industry. Editing Publishers and publishing Australia Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book LC no. 2022030566 ISBN 9781009039383 1009039385

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