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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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".

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Series: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Series: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Series: 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...