The Common Writer: Life in Nineteenth-Century Grub Street

Nigel Cross

ISBN 10: 0521245648 / ISBN 13: 9780521245647

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1985

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Synopsis:

This book examines the conditions of authorship and the development of publishing and journalism during the nineteenth century. It provides a detailed account on the social, cultural, and economic factors that control literary activity, and determine literary success or failure. There are chapters on the place of women and working-class writers in a predominantly male, middle-class publishing industry; on literary clubs, societies, and feuds; on patronage, charity, and state support for writers; on literary journalists and the development of the bohemian character; on the facts that inspired the fictional world of Thackeray's Pendennis and Gissing's New Grub Street; and on the long-running debates on the status of writers and the state of literature. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, The Common Writer adds substantially to our understanding of nineteenth-century literary history and culture.

Book Description: The Common Writer examines the conditions of authorship and the development of publishing and journalism during the nineteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, it provides a detailed account on the social, cultural, and economic factors that control literary activity, and determine literary success or failure.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Common Writer: Life in ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
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