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5. Printing, Publishing, and Pocket Book Compiling: Ann Fisher’s Hidden Labour in the Newcastle Book Trade

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Erschienen in: Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period

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Abstract

Ann Fisher (1719–1778), author of bestselling grammatical textbooks, co-founded and co-edited with her husband, Thomas Slack, the Newcastle Chronicle. Though she worked alongside him, and sometimes independently, in their Newcastle print shops, Fisher’s work as a printer-publisher remains underexplored. This chapter demonstrates her role in printing and publishing John Cunningham’s Poems, Chiefly Pastoral (1766 and 1772) and her own Ladies’ Own Memorandum-Book (1764–1778), unique in being the only women’s pocket book produced by a woman in this period. Drawing upon manuscript archives of correspondence in the British Library, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, and the National Library of Scotland, this chapter provides a rare insight into the professional practice of a female printer and publisher within a family business.

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Titel: Printing, Publishing, and Pocket Book Compiling: Ann Fisher’s Hidden Labour in the Newcastle Book Trade
verfasst von: Helen Williams
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-88054-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-88055-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88055-2_5