London and the Modernist Bookshop

Matthew Chambers

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English

Cambridge University Press
14 May 2020

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Retail sector; Publishing industry

Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

The modernist bookshop, best exemplified by Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Co. and Harold Monro's Poetry Bookshop, has received scant attention outside these more prominent examples. This writing will review how bookshops like David Archer's on Parton Street (London) in the 1930s were sites of distribution, publication, and networking. Parton Street, which also housed Lawrence & Wishart publishers and a briefly vibrant literary scene, will be approached from several contexts as a way of situating the modernist bookshop within both the book trade and the literary communities which it interacted with and made possible.

By: Matthew Chambers
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 125mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9781108708692
ISBN 10: 1108708692
Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 14 May 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for London and the Modernist Bookshop

'Chambers has produced a fascinating, elegantly written history of one bookseller, one bookshop, one historic publishing street that, despite its brevity, is rich in detail.' Allan Madden, Art History