The Bodley Head
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The Bodley Head is a historic British publishing house known for producing influential literary works and championing innovative and sometimes controversial authors.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bodley Head canonical | 9 |
| The Bodley Head Henry James series | 1 |
| The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald series | 1 |
| Vintage Contemporaries | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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publishing house ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Random House ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focus |
controversial literature
ⓘ
innovative literature ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Elkin Mathews
ⓘ
John Lane ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasNotableSeries |
The Bodley Head
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Bodley Head Henry James series
The Bodley Head self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald series
|
| hasReputation |
high literary standards
ⓘ
intellectually rigorous list ⓘ |
| imprintOf | Vintage Books ⓘ |
| inception | 1887 ⓘ |
| industry | book publishing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
championing experimental fiction
ⓘ
publishing controversial works ⓘ publishing modernist writers ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | limited company ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| namedAfter | Bodleian Library ⓘ |
| notableAuthorPublished |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
ⓘ
Arnold Bennett ⓘ Brian W. Aldiss ⓘ
surface form:
Brian Aldiss
George Bernard Shaw ⓘ Graham Greene ⓘ Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form:
H. G. Wells
J. B. Priestley ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| notableWorkPublished | Ulysses ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Penguin Random House
ⓘ
surface form:
Penguin Random House UK
Vintage Publishing ⓘ |
| publishingFormat |
hardcover books
ⓘ
paperback books ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
history books
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ideas and current affairs ⓘ politics books ⓘ science books ⓘ serious non-fiction ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vintage Contemporaries
this entity surface form:
The Bodley Head Henry James series
this entity surface form:
The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald series