Mathews, E.

Japanese: Mathews,E.(英語表記)MathewsE
Mathews, E.

…The emergence of commercial publishers who followed Morris's ideals while at the same time tackling the difficult task of providing inexpensive books that the general reading public could afford and achieved impressive results is perhaps the most epoch-making feature of this period. Representative publishers of this kind are Elkin Mathews and John Lane. When we look at the works of O. Wilde, Beerbohm, Dowson, LP Johnson, and others published by them, the difference from the monotonous and characterless bindings of the mid-Victorian period is astonishingly clear. …

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…モリスの理想にのっとりつつも,同時に一般読書人にも手の届く廉価な書物を提供するという困難な作業に取り組み,みごとな成果をおさめた商業出版人の登場こそ,むしろこの時代の画期的特徴といえる。こうした出版人を代表するのが,マシューズElkin Mathews,レーンJohn Laneらである。彼らによって刊行された,O.ワイルドの諸作をはじめ,ビアボーム,ダウソン,L.P.ジョンソンらの作品を眺めれば,ビクトリア朝中期の単調で無個性な装丁との差は驚くばかりに歴然としている。…

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