The Professions of Authorship
Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Matthew J. Bruccoli
Contributors: Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (Editor); Richard Layman (Editor); Joel Myerson (Editor)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: August 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781570031441
Subjects: Literary theory; Publishing industry; Literary Criticism; Authorship; Literary Collections; Reference; English; Publishing; General; Essays
First sentence: Upon arriving at the University of South Carolina in 1971, I discovered that the most important decision of my career had already been made for me: my office was to be the one next to those of Matthew J. Bruccoli.
Description: A tribute to a man whose life's work has centered on the study of authorship and who is a scholar and book collector of the first magnitude, The Professions of Authorship examines the business of writing, publishing, and selling books - or what George V. Higgins describes in this volume as a "perplexing, disorganized, chameleonic enterprise." Twenty-three authors, publishing professionals, and scholars who share Matthew J.

Bruccoli's love and knowledge of books offer candid observations and opinions about the past, present, and future of publishing. In doing so, they unravel many of the mysteries surrounding this tradition-bound endeavor.