Laurence Cossu-Beaumont

Professeure des Universités

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

FR

Biography

L. Cossu-Beaumont is Professor at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. Her research focuses on cultural exchanges between France and the US, in the field of African American Studies and Book History. In 2018, she co-edited the issue from the RFEA on "Histoire culturelle. Approches transatlantiques". She recently published: Deux agents littéraires dans le siècle américain : William et Jenny Bradley, passeurs culturels transatlantiques (Lyon, ENS Éditions, 2023).

Articles (1)

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Blanche and Alfred Knopf: Circulating Transatlantic Literature

In 1915, the Knopfs founded a publishing company focusing on translations of contemporary European literature. Later, they opened their catalogue up to Latin American writers. Their story offers a glimpse into the networks and forms of sociability that drove the transnational cultural dynamics of books.