The literary market
Subtitle: authorship and modernity in the old regime
By: Geoffrey Turnovsky.
Series: Material texts; Material texts
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780812241952
Subjects: French literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism; French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Authorship -- Economic aspects -- France -- History; Literature publishing -- France -- History -- 17th century; Literature publishing -- France -- History -- 18th century; Book industries and trade -- France -- History -- 17th century; Book industries and trade -- France -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Literary commerce in the age of honnête publication; title: The paradoxes of enlightenment publishing; title: "Living by the pen": mythologies of modern authorial autonomy; title: Economic claims and legal battles: writers turn to the market; title: The reality of a new cultural field: the case of Rousseau.