- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Publishing the Irish Cultural Revival, 1891–1922
- 2 Reading and the Irish Revival, 1891–1922
- 3 Publishing after Partition, 1922–39
- 4 Reading Revolutions, 1922–39
- 5 ‘Some measure of vocation’
- 6 From Tucson to Television
- 7 ‘Our Literary History in the Making’
- 8 ‘Anything about Ireland?’
- 9 An Eye to Business
- 10 Publishing for Catholic Ireland
- 11 Funding Literary Enterprise and Publishing in Ireland
- 12 A Dark Chapter
- 13 Parochial, National, and Universal
- 14 The Political Economy of Irish School Books
- 15 Books for Irish Children
- 16 The Iconic Book in Ireland, 1891–1930
- 17 The Irish Book in the United States
- 18 The Harp in the South
- 19 ‘The Medium is the Message’
- 20 ‘Our Irish Canon Your Irish Canon’
- 21 M. H. Gill, later Gill and Macmillan
- 22 ‘This terrible struggle with want of means’<sup>1</sup>
- 23 The Extraordinary History of the House of Maunsel
- 24 Faber and Irish Literature
- 25 ‘A Hazardous Venture’
- 26 The Gallery Press
- 27 The Blackstaff Press
- 28 Sources for Irish Book History, 1891–2000
- Appendix A Irish Books Banned under the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929–67
- Appendix B The Macmillan Archive and Irish Writers
- Appendix C Minding Other People’s Business
- Bibliography
- Index
Faber and Irish Literature
Faber and Irish Literature
- Chapter:
- (p.562) 24 Faber and Irish Literature
- Source:
- The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume V
- Author(s):
Ruth Ling
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines Faber and Faber’s role in the growth of the literature of Ireland, with particular reference to its sponsorship of many Irish authors. It first looks at the history of Faber and Faber, from its early days as Faber and Gwyer to its evolution into a stable and renowned publishing house. It then considers the benefits of Faber’s relationship with Ireland and how careful marketing of authors under the wider umbrella of an international lineup has led to the emergence of an Irish canon. It also analyses how Faber has influenced the reception of Irish literature by citing the largely posthumous publication of Louis MacNeice’s work. Finally, the chapter looks at Faber’s presentation of Irish publications and its relation to the concept of Irishness.
Keywords: authors, Faber and Faber, Ireland, Faber and Gwyer, publishing, marketing, Irish canon, Irish literature, Louis MacNeice, Irishness
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Publishing the Irish Cultural Revival, 1891–1922
- 2 Reading and the Irish Revival, 1891–1922
- 3 Publishing after Partition, 1922–39
- 4 Reading Revolutions, 1922–39
- 5 ‘Some measure of vocation’
- 6 From Tucson to Television
- 7 ‘Our Literary History in the Making’
- 8 ‘Anything about Ireland?’
- 9 An Eye to Business
- 10 Publishing for Catholic Ireland
- 11 Funding Literary Enterprise and Publishing in Ireland
- 12 A Dark Chapter
- 13 Parochial, National, and Universal
- 14 The Political Economy of Irish School Books
- 15 Books for Irish Children
- 16 The Iconic Book in Ireland, 1891–1930
- 17 The Irish Book in the United States
- 18 The Harp in the South
- 19 ‘The Medium is the Message’
- 20 ‘Our Irish Canon Your Irish Canon’
- 21 M. H. Gill, later Gill and Macmillan
- 22 ‘This terrible struggle with want of means’<sup>1</sup>
- 23 The Extraordinary History of the House of Maunsel
- 24 Faber and Irish Literature
- 25 ‘A Hazardous Venture’
- 26 The Gallery Press
- 27 The Blackstaff Press
- 28 Sources for Irish Book History, 1891–2000
- Appendix A Irish Books Banned under the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929–67
- Appendix B The Macmillan Archive and Irish Writers
- Appendix C Minding Other People’s Business
- Bibliography
- Index
