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Abstract: The project for researching the role played by libraries in canon-formation (namely
through their policies regarding the creation, organization, preservation, and utilization of the
collections) will be presented and discussed. We selected the Library of the Faculty of Humanities,
Lisbon University, a modern academic library, created in 1859, by royal decree of D.
Pedro V, following his canonical choice. Actually, the two contemporary rulers of new Britannia—
Prince Albert, his cousin, and Queen Victoria—held this king in high consideration for
his outstanding contribution to Portuguese modernisation. Representing various fields of study,
the collections were decisive to canon-formation in the Faculty of Humanities. Thus, we have
been trying to answer the following questions: who has been creating, organizing, preserving,
and utilizing the collections, from the mid-nineteenth century onwards? When, where and how?
Presently, we are studying the collections in English, namely the works belonging or referring
to the long nineteenth century. Richard Garnett’s “The International Library of Famous Literature”
(London, 1899) is our first case-study. The anthology determined the Western literary,
cultural and visual canon at the turning of the century, as evidenced by comparing it to the
Portuguese and Spanish editions, published at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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Keywords
Libraries Canon-Formation Selection/Deselection Inclusion/Exclusion English
Pedagogical Context
Citation
The International Journal of the Book. ISSN 1447-9516. 10:2 (2013). p. 87-95
Publisher
Champaign, Il. : Common Ground Publishing