"The Launch of the First Series of the Arden Shakespeare in 1899: An Exploration of Bourdieu's Concept of Consecration"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo766/
Author:
	Kernan, Mary Ann.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2016
Publication Information:
	Logos 27, no. 2 (2016): 32–47.
Annotation:
	Applying Pierre Bourdieu's ideas of 'consecration' and cultural capital, shows how the Arden 1 series of Shakespeare editions was aimed at a scholarly (university) audience at a time when English literature was emerging as a discipline. Considers sales and reception of series, including early losses under general editorship of Edward Dowden and continued support by publisher Algernon Methuen. English summary, 32-33.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Bourdieu, Pierre; Dowden, Edward; Methuen, Algernon
Tags:
	Printing History, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare Scholars, Textual and Bibliographical Studies
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo766