Print Manager: Jonathan Swift and Anglo-Irish Print Culture 1680-1750. In Swift studies Australia has both a leading position and a key group of internationally recognised scholars (David Woolley at Perth, Harold Love at Monash, Ian Higgins at ANU , Robert Phiddian at Flinders, myself at Monash). Monash also has the internationally significant Swift Collection of manuscripts, books and associated material, all of the digital databases and microfilms, and is the leading centre for Swift research ....Print Manager: Jonathan Swift and Anglo-Irish Print Culture 1680-1750. In Swift studies Australia has both a leading position and a key group of internationally recognised scholars (David Woolley at Perth, Harold Love at Monash, Ian Higgins at ANU , Robert Phiddian at Flinders, myself at Monash). Monash also has the internationally significant Swift Collection of manuscripts, books and associated material, all of the digital databases and microfilms, and is the leading centre for Swift research and eighteenth-century literary research in Australia. This project will enhance Australian strength in and contribution to the world-wide study of Swift and his work, deepen Australian awareness of its Anglo-Irish colonial heritage, and reveal new dimensions to its Irish-Australian heritage. Read moreRead less
The Dissemination and Control of Clandestine Writing in England 1695--1774. The literary underworld of the eighteenth century is the subject of serious academic pursuit internationally by literary historians, historians of sex and sexuality, philosophers and feminists. Australia's reputation will be enhanced by participating in this rapidly evolving field. Australia already has an internationally significant profile in bibliography and eighteenth-century literary studies due to a combination o ....The Dissemination and Control of Clandestine Writing in England 1695--1774. The literary underworld of the eighteenth century is the subject of serious academic pursuit internationally by literary historians, historians of sex and sexuality, philosophers and feminists. Australia's reputation will be enhanced by participating in this rapidly evolving field. Australia already has an internationally significant profile in bibliography and eighteenth-century literary studies due to a combination of outstanding scholars and resources. This project will enhance Australian strength in, and contribution to, the world-wide study of these two subjects. This study will also be informed by, and contribute to, the contemporary philosophical, religious and ethical debate concerning the distribution of contentious material.Read moreRead less
Recreating Mansfield Park: the Cambridge Edition of Jane Austen's Novel. The project will produce an authoritative edition of the English writer Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park in the Cambridge Edition. This is a collaborative and international project, and the first fully scholarly edition of Austen's novels. It is designed to meet the needs of the twenty-first century student of her work, be accessible to readers in different continents, and have a shelf-life of several decades. The editi ....Recreating Mansfield Park: the Cambridge Edition of Jane Austen's Novel. The project will produce an authoritative edition of the English writer Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park in the Cambridge Edition. This is a collaborative and international project, and the first fully scholarly edition of Austen's novels. It is designed to meet the needs of the twenty-first century student of her work, be accessible to readers in different continents, and have a shelf-life of several decades. The edition of Mansfield Park in the series will present a thoroughly revised and accurate text and for the first time give a complete textual and cultural history of this famous novel.Read moreRead less