04199nam a22006015i 4500 978-3-031-64912-7 DE-He213 20251030113103.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240925s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031649127 978-3-031-64912-7 10.1007/978-3-031-64912-7 doi PN770-779 DSBH bicssc LIT024050 bisacsh DSBH thema Lanfranchi, Anna. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 84956 Translations and Copyright in the Italian Book Trade [electronic resource] : Publishers, Agents, and the State (1900-1947) / by Anna Lanfranchi. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 282 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Directions in Book History, 2634-6125 Introduction. The "translation boom" reframed: publishers, literary agents and the translation rights market in Italy -- 1. Modernisation, professionals, copyright: preconditions for the Italian translation industry -- 2. Intellectual networks, professional societies, translators: the "informal agents" of Laterza, Bemporad and Sonzogno -- 3. From direct contact to delegation, and back again: the shifting strategies of Arnoldo Mondadori -- 4. The rise of the Italian literary agent: Helicon and the Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale -- 5. Publishers' agencies: Helicon, Ulisse and the New York branch of Einaudi -- 6. Translations rights matter: wartime cultural diplomacy and the Italian book trade -- Conclusion. Towards a European history of the translation rights trade. The 19th-century copyright revolution gave authors and translators powerful tools over the use of their works. It encouraged publishers to form networks that connected them to writers, translators, authors’ societies, and literary agents worldwide. This book argues that the development of international frameworks for the protection of literary property represented a watershed in the transnational circulation of texts in translation. Through the lens of the post-Unification Italian translation market of British and US authors (1900-1947), it combines a copyright historical approach to book history with a systematic survey of British and Italian archives. It positions the Italian publishing industry within the broader European and transatlantic copyright market to explore the cultural, social, and political value of translation rights, offering a new interpretative key to the transnational nature of the modern book trade. Anna Lanfranchi is Teaching Fellow in Translation and Transcultural Studies and Italian at the University of Warwick, UK. Her research focuses on transnational book and publishing history from the 19th century to the present day. Literature, Modern 20th century. Economics and literature. 66350 Printing. 66351 Publishers and publishing. 66352 Books History. 66353 Translating and interpreting. 70428 Twentieth-Century Literature. Literature Business. 66355 Printing and Publishing. 66356 History of the Book. 66357 Language Translation. 70430 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031649110 Printed edition: 9783031649134 Printed edition: 9783031649141 New Directions in Book History, 2634-6125 66359 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64912-7 ZDB-2-LCM ZDB-2-SXL 63683 63683