Title Europoje išleisti lietuviški ir lituanistiniai leidiniai JAV lietuvių spaudoje (iki 1904 m.) /
Translation of Title Lithuanian and Lithuanistic publications released in Europe that appear in the press of USA Lithuanians (until 1904).
Authors Misiūnas, Remigijus
DOI 10.15388/Knygotyra.2019.72.26
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Is Part of Knygotyra.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2019, t. 72, p. 206-232.. ISSN 0204-2061. eISSN 2345-0053
Keywords [eng] the periodicals of Lithuanians in the USA ; system for informing about new publications ; press of Lithuanians from Europe ; Lithuanistic literature written in foreign languages ; the publishing repertoire of Lithuanians during the press ban period
Abstract [eng] The Lithuanian national movement of the 19th c. had mostly manifested itself in the literature, which, under the Lithuanian press ban, was being published both in East Prussia and in Lithuanian communities in the United States, and which was being distributed likewise in Lithuania, East Prussia, and the United States. That same time period saw the forming of a new system designed to inform readers of new releases, which was utilized to help any members of the Lithuanian diaspora to keep updated on the newest literature affairs. This system had encompassed the press of both East Prussia and the United States, and it would inform the readers of the newest publications both from the location of where the newspaper was being released and about the new books and periodicals that were being published in foreign countries; thus, it had created a reflection of Lithuanian literature as a whole. The aim of this article is to analyze the circumstances surrounding the informing of readers about the newest publications as it had occurred in the American Lithuanian press up to 1904; main focus is paid here to the information regarding Lithuanian and Lithuanistic publications released in East Prussia and elsewhere in Europe. The basis of this study is a list of 322 Lithuanian and Lithuanistic publications released in Europe; the list itself took shape after overviewing 11 Lithuanian newspapers published in the United States. The 322 publications had been distributed in Lithuanian communities in the United States and were announced by the local Lithuanian press....
Published Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2019