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Novak (Maximilian E.) Papers on the Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe edition
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Supplementary materials to the publication of the Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe edition 1970-2001

Scope and Contents

Materials in this series include prospectuses, project outlines, and other supporting documents created for what would be known as the Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe edition. Of particular interest might be the folder of responses taken from various scholars of early-modern studies providing their suggestions to the publication of the edition.

Arrangement

Arranged by title of the folder.
Box 1, Folder 1

Defoe Edition Project Outline c. 1981

Scope and Contents

Includes annotated lists of pamphlets and books produced by Daniel Defoe, as well as a list of contributors to the Defoe editions. Contains a letter written by Novak and addressed to Jack Sawyer of the Mellon Foundation inquiring about potential grant support for the realization of the Stoke Newington Defoe series, particularly for the third volume The Esssay upon Projects.
Box 1, Folder 2

Defoe Edition Prospectus 1987

Scope and Contents

This folder contains some correspondence between Maximillian Novak and Herbert Morris (Dean of Numanities) and Scott Mahler (UC Press) regarding the workflow for the publication of the Defoe series. Includes an unattributed typescript and printed prospectus of the Defoe project, as well as some misc. letters
Box 1, Folder 3

Misc. typescripts, journal articles, and books scans undated, 1970s, 2001

Scope and Contents

This folder contains a miscellany of items, including a 2-paged typescript by Novak titled "The Art of Projecting in 'The Projecting Age'", a scan of a typescript with minor editing likely written for some event honoring Novak, an undated copy of Novak's bilbiography, a few handwritten notes, book scans, scans of Defoe works, and the first issue of the Daniel Defoe Society newsletter.
Box 1, Folder 4

NEH Grant Application for 1972-1973 1971

Scope and Contents

A scan of a grant proposal written by Maximillian Novak (presumably in 1971) to the NEH for a project titled "The Collected Writings of Daniel Defoe". The applied for grant period was from June 1972 to June 1973, with the aim of supporting Novak's role as both the general editor of a "forty-volume edition of Defoe" to be published by Southern Illinois University Press and as the primary contributor to the series edition of Robinson Crusoe.
Box 1, Folder 5

Notes and supplementary info to Daniel Defoe Edition undated, 1977

Scope and Contents

This folder contains a miscellany of resources used for and produced from the work done on the Defoe editions. Includes some notes on the typographical and textual analysis framework presumably employed by Novak and co., standards for editing Defoe, a list of titles to be included in the series, and a couple of guides by the MLA regarding the publishing of scholarly editions. Includes a copy of the "Outline for preparation of text and textual apparatus for Defoe Edition".
Box 1, Folder 6

Outline for preparation of text and textual apparatus for Defoe Edition undated

Scope and Contents

Mimeographed copies of an outline of the groundwork needed to create the Defoe editions. Discusses the collation of texts, selection/reproduction of copy-text, rules for normalizing Defoe, making textual notes, and preparing texts for the printer.
Box 1, Folder 7

Responses to "The Collected Works of Daniel Defoe" survey c. 1970s

Scope and Contents

A folder of surveys sent out by Novak and Schonhorn inquiring numerous scholars about the types of Defoe works they would like to see in the edition as well as any general suggestions for the project.
 

Correspondence 1967-2005

Scope and Contents

The correspondence series features typed, handwritten, and scanned letters addressed primarily to either Maximillian Novak or Manuel Schonhorn. Given that the letters were often sent within a circle of scholars, many of the typed letters are duplicate copies. Most folders contain less than 10 pieces of correspondence, with the notable exception of folders for letters written by Joyce D. Kennedy, Irving Rothman, and between Maximillian Novak and Manuel Schonhorn. The letters range from formal to casual in tone, but relate predominantly to work on the scholarly editions for select works in the Defoe canon.

Arrangement

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author.
Box 1, Folder 8

1993 Defoe Edition 1993-1994

Box 1, Folder 9

AMS Press undated, 1993-1996

Box 1, Folder 10

Baine, Rodney M. undated, 1970-1972

Box 1, Folder 11

Bastian, Frank 1969-1971

Box 1, Folder 12

Borck, Jim Springer 1992-1994

Box 1, Folder 13

Cook, Don L. 1977-1978

Box 1, Folder 14

Hopkins, Robert H. 1969-1972

Box 1, Folder 15

Kennedy, Joyce Deveau 1969-1989

Box 1, Folder 16

Moore, John Robert 1968-1970

Box 1, Folder 17

Novak, Maximillian E. 1973-1980, 1992-1993

Box 1, Folder 18-21

Novak, Maximillian E. to Schonhorn, Manuel (1 of 4) 1968-2001

Box 2, Folder 1

Peterson, Spiro 1969-1973, 1990

Box 2, Folder 2

Playfair, Eddie 1969-1995

Box 2, Folder 3

Rothman, Irving 1969-2005

Scope and Contents

Contains an extensive 15-paged guide (dated 2003) for current and future editors of the Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe Edition detailing the format and standards (ie for bibliographic description, listing variants, etc.) for future additions to the series.
Box 2, Folder 4

Schonhorn, Manuel 1971-1984

Box 2, Folder 5

Schonhorn, Manuel to Novak, Maximillian E. 1970-1979

Box 2, Folder 6

Seidel, Michael 1976-1996

Box 2, Folder 7

Shadie, Ken 1988-2000

Box 2, Folder 8

Snyder, Henry L. undated, 1970-1971

Box 2, Folder 9

Sternberg, Vernon 1972-1973

Box 2, Folder 10-12

Misc. authors 1967-2000

Scope and Contents

Correspondent whose letters did not have a substantial presence (in terms of quantity) in the collection to warrant their own files were placed in the category of "misc. authors". Most folders are comprised of just one or two letters from any given correspondent. In one case, the last name of the author is unclear, so the letters could not be properly attributed to and placed in their own folder.
Collection Contents
Supplementary materials to the publication of the Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe edition
Correspondence
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