The manufacturers of literature
Subtitle: writing and the literary marketplace in eighteenth-century England
By: George Justice.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Authorship -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Periodicals -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Description: "The Manufacturers of Literature: Writing and the Literary Marketplace in Eighteenth-Century England explores transformations in literature over the course of the eighteenth century, focusing on detailed case studies of important writers and publishers, including Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, the bookseller Robert Dodsley, and Frances Burney.".

"The book combines an examination of the network of material conditions of authorship and publishing during the century with literary readings in order to explore the mutually constitutive nature of literature, the material forces that influence its production, and the social world of readers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Sir Roger de Coverley as Agent of Change; title: 2. Pope's Epistle toArbuthnot and Johnson's Life of Savage:; title: Authorship and Literary Biography; title: 3. Robert Dodsley's Collection of Poems by Several Hands,; title: the "Modern Classic," and Literary Value; title: 4. The Excursion, Evelina, and Novel Culture; title: 5. "Labour with Independence": Frances Burney's Camilla; title: and Modern Literary Authorship; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.