num_pages: 253
description: Focusing on the relationships among the publisher, the writer, and the reader, King provides a compelling case study involving the sociology of literature and the history of publishing in the context of Weimar Berlin. King begins with a thorough discussion of the economics of popular publishing from the nineteenth though the early twentieth century and then concentrates on the fascinating example of the House of Ullstein. She also details Baum's relationship with her publisher and Baum's conception of her art and its purposes in a commercial context. The work concludes with an in-depth analysis of Grand Hotel.
language: English
title: Best-Sellers by Design: Vicki Baum and the House of Ullstein
titlecomplete: Best-Sellers by Design: Vicki Baum and the House of Ullstein
publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr