Book contents
- The European Encyclopedia
- The European Encyclopedia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Chronological List of Printed Encyclopedias
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Genres of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 2 The Contents of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 3 Size, Price, and the Economics of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 4 Preparing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 5 The Organization of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 6 Illustrations in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 7 Authorship in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 8 Publishing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 9 Readers and Users of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 10 Encyclopedias after Print
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Authorship in Encyclopedias
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2019
- The European Encyclopedia
- The European Encyclopedia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Chronological List of Printed Encyclopedias
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Genres of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 2 The Contents of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 3 Size, Price, and the Economics of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 4 Preparing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 5 The Organization of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 6 Illustrations in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 7 Authorship in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 8 Publishing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 9 Readers and Users of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 10 Encyclopedias after Print
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines a broad group of people involved in the making of encyclopedias, namely their authors. Authorship is understood here as involving compilers, editors, and revisers of articles alongside those authors considered as responsible for original articles. One reason for the breadth of my conception of authorship is that, historically, editors of encyclopedias were also their authors, and both were compilers. Furthermore, articles in encyclopedias were often collaborative, depending as they did on borrowed material as well as on revisions by editorial staffs.
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- The European EncyclopediaFrom 1650 to the Twenty-First Century, pp. 248 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019