That's a great idea, and one I'd attempted about twenty years ago with some
of the more obscure American poets. Thomas Holley Chivers was my best
seller for Goethe's Notes Press.
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From: K.M. Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
To: brish <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 1:03 PM
Subject: older poetry?
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>Would anybody be interested in subscribing to a new scheme I've cooked up
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>Since I've access to the Cambridge UL I thought:
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>how about if I were to publish pamphlets of poetry from earlier centuries
>that has never had a modern edition? Or the modern editions of which are
>out of print? I could provide basic scholarly notes, brief intros etc.
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>There's a great sea of interesting material.
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>I'd reprint the original spelling unaltered, note textual variance etc.
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>I'd do this cheaply and quickly -- I think someone should, and the big
>presses won't -- if there are enough interested people.
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>? k
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>(I was thinking of Matthew Green's _The Spleen_ for starters, or some of
>John Armstrong, or John Philips maybe?)
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