‘Is there a Reader who can Handle it with any Comfort?’
A Brief Publication History of the Works of Francis Bacon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20316482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lukas M Verburgt (0000-0002-6007-1324, Utrecht University, Freudenthal Institute, History and Philosophy of Science, Buys Ballotgebouw, Princetonplein 5, Room 3.66, 3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 213-220 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.2020.0072 |
| OpenAlex | W3154193002 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
With the Oxford Francis Bacon project yet to be completed, after more than 150 years the standard scholarly edition of Francis Bacon's (1561–1626) complete works is still The works of Francis Bacon . This great but now almost outdated Victorian edition was first published in London in seven volumes, 1857–1859. It has a rather complex publication history, often leading to confusion, which is well worth telling in full. The story is used here as an opportunity to look at some of the practical considerations and discussions behind this classic edition: the alternative plans for its arrangement and publication, and the conflict between the publisher and the editors relating to the scholarly implications of making the edition either as profitable or as readable as possible
Confusion · Library science · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Classics · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |