Paper, Ink, and Achievement: Gabriel Hornstein and the Revival of Eighteenth-Century Scholarship [Paperback]

During his forty-two years as president of AMS Press, Gabriel Hornstein quietly sponsored and stimulated the revival of “long” eighteenth-century studies. Whether by reanimating long-running research publications; by creating scholarly journals; or by converting daring ideas into lauded books, “Gabe” initiated a golden age of Enlightenment scholarship. This understated publishing magnate created a global audience for a research specialty that many scholars dismissed as antiquarianism.Paper, Ink, and Achievementfinds in the career of this impresario a vantage point on the modern study of the Enlightenment. An introduction discusses Hornstein’s life and achievements, revealing the breadth of his influence on our understanding of the early days of modernity. Three sets of essays open perspectives on the business of long-eighteenth-century studies: on the role of publishers, printers, and bibliophiles in manufacturing cultural legacies; on authors whose standing has been made or eclipsed by the book culture; and on literary modes that have defined, delimited, or directed Enlightenment studies.

Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.AMS Press president Gabriel Hornstein stimulated the revival of “long” eighteenth-century studies, sponsoring countless publications while creating a global audience for an obscure specialty.Paper, Ink, and Achievementcelebrates Hornstein through three sets of essays evaluating the influence of publishers on cultural legacies; the effect of book enthusiasts on literary canons; and favorite long-eighteenth-century literary modes.Paper, Ink, and Achievementcommemorates a publishing magnate whose temperate energy propelled his favorite discipline in multitudinous new directions.KEVIN L. COPE is Adams Professor of English Literature and a member of the comparative literature faculty at Louisiana State University ilc: