British literature in transition, 1940-1960 : postwar
- Submitting institution
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University of St Andrews
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 251863681
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781316340530
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781107119017
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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C - Modern and Contemporary
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This collection was conceived to bring together an international body of researchers whose work the editor had encountered while writing A Literary History of the 1940s (2012). The mid-century period, in particular 1945-1955, has been critically neglected – but is now being explored in transformative ways. This edited collection aimed to showcase new research, bring together diverse perspectives, change the critical focus and contribute to the revision of 20th century literary history. An outline proposal was accepted by Cambridge University Press, after which the editor commissioned essays from 20 contributors. The full volume proposal was sent to three anonymous readers and revised in the light of their comments. The completed book was sent for clearance review to a fourth anonymous reader who recommended expanding the scope of the collection. In response, new introductory material was introduced and an additional chapter commissioned. CUP asked the editor to commission a further 4 volumes, turning ‘British Literature in Transition’ into a series spanning the 20th century. They were appointed as General Editor and recruited the additional volume editors. They advised on their proposals, on the recruitment of appropriate contributors, and on preparation for the CUP Press Committee. As the 150,000-word volumes have come to completion, they have read the final draft and supervised the revision process.
As volume editor of Postwar, the editor superintended the writing of the essays, ensuring that the volume was coherently structured. They contributed a 6,500-word essay and wrote around 17,000-words of introductory material (general introduction plus 4 section introductions) designed to provide a critical and historical framework for the more detailed interventions of the individual chapters. Their final contribution was a General Editor’s preface which appears in all the ‘British Literature in Transition’ volumes. Four of the five volumes have been published; the fifth is in press.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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