The business of literary circles in nineteenth-century America
By: David Dowling
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Nineteenth-century major lives and letters
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780230110465
Subjects: Literature and society; History and criticism; American literature; American Authors; Economic conditions; Authors and publishers; Authorship; History
Description: David Dowling explores the economics of professional authorship--the contiguity between business practice and aesthetic principle--in the most significant literary circles of the American nineteenth century. This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger--to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "As merchants on the 'change'" : the economy of literary coteries, 1807-1864; title: Pt. 1 : Literary New Yorkers; title: "An instinct for gold" : Irving's Knickerbockers; title: Staff bonds : Bonner's New York ledger; title: Pt. 2 : New England circles; title: "the section to which we belong" : Emerson's Transcendentalists; title: Boston and beyond : Elizabeth Peabody's promotional practice; title: Pt. 3 : Political economy : North and South; title: Print warriors : Garrison's abolitionists; title: Proslavery and the pen : Fitzhugh's apologists; title: Conclusion; title: The Boston Bellamy Club, Rand's objectivists, and Iowa Writers' Workshop.