Penguin Archive Project

企鹅档案项目

• 批准号: AH/F01113X/1
• 负责人: John Lyon
• 金额: $ 75.26万
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FF01113X%2F1
• 关键词: Penguin; Archive; Project

Penguin books were the defining experience for two or three generations of readers. This paperback publishing house transformed the range and greatly extended the availability of books to a general readership in the Twentieth Century. The Penguin Archive, a vast collection of the company's papers including letters from many authors, held at Bristol University, has much to reveal about how Penguin responded to and influenced many areas of our cultural and political lives. This research aims to establish an on-line catalogue of the Archive, enhancing both knowledge of its contents and its accessibility, for specialist researchers and general readers, both nationally and internationally. It further aims to demonstrate the rich research potential of the Archive by pioneeering research in three areas of Penguin activity: Modern Poetry; British politics and current affairs (from 1930s to 1970s); and the Greek and Latin Classics in English translations. Examples of questions which such researches will answer include: What can the evidence of Penguin Books tell us about how we have come to understand contemporary poetry? How was our taste formed and how have we come to read the particular poets that we do? How influential were the series of 'Penguin Specials' in focusing political issues - in shaping public opinion, the agenda of social and political analysis and action, and the policies of successive governments in the second half of the Twentieth Century? What role did Penguin Classics play in our modern understanding of the writings of Ancient Greece and Rome? Such investigations will serve as the initial examples of the Penguin Archive's great potential to tell us about the transformation of many aspects of twentieth-century life and will provide models for further research in a wide range of areas and academic disciplines. Penguin was in many ways the first people's publisher and this project intends to make the Penguin Archive much more accessible to the general public by way of Penguin Readers' Days, exhibitions, and a high profile on the world-wide web.

企鹅图书是两三代读者的典型经历。这家平装书出版社在20世纪世纪改变了书籍的范围，极大地扩大了普通读者的阅读范围。企鹅档案馆，一个庞大的收集公司的文件，包括来自许多作者的信件，在布里斯托大学举行，有很多关于企鹅如何回应和影响我们的文化和政治生活的许多领域揭示。这项研究的目的是建立一个档案的在线目录，为国内和国际的专业研究人员和普通读者增加对其内容的了解，并使其更容易查阅。它还旨在通过在企鹅活动的三个领域进行先锋研究来展示档案馆丰富的研究潜力：现代诗歌;英国政治和时事（从20世纪30年代到70年代）;以及希腊和拉丁经典的英译本。这样的研究将回答的问题的例子包括：企鹅图书的证据能告诉我们什么，我们是如何来理解当代诗歌？我们的品味是如何形成的，我们又是如何来阅读我们所做的特定诗人的？“企鹅特刊”系列在关注政治问题方面--在塑造公众舆论、社会和政治分析与行动议程以及20世纪世纪后半叶历届政府的政策方面--有多大影响力？企鹅经典在我们对古希腊和罗马著作的现代理解中扮演了什么角色？此类调查将作为企鹅档案馆巨大潜力的初步例子，告诉我们二十世纪生活许多方面的转变，并将为广泛领域和学科的进一步研究提供模型。企鹅在许多方面都是第一个人民出版商，这个项目旨在通过企鹅读者日、展览和在万维网上的高知名度，使企鹅档案更容易被公众访问。