English Literature and Literature in English: Repackaged and Anthologised by Oxford University Press

Abstract

Notes that for whatever market – educational or general – low price paperback classic series have continued to expand rapidly and in the UK the market is dominated by Penguin and the Oxford University Press. States that the classic anthology remains one of the most influential forms of publishing poetry and that Oxford has been dominant in issuing throughout the twentieth century a series of magisterial anthologies which have gone a long way to establishing the canon of English poetry. Concludes that neither student nor general reader has ever been so well provided with such a wide range of truly classic literature at moderate prices from a range of publishers.

Citation

James, S. (1991), "English Literature and Literature in English: Repackaged and Anthologised by Oxford University Press", New Library World, Vol. 92 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002405