The Common Writer: Life in Nineteenth-Century Grub Street

by Nigel Cross

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This book examines the conditions of authorship and the development of publishing and journalism during the nineteenth century. It provides a detailed account on the social, cultural, and economic factors that control literary activity, and determine literary success or failure. There are chapters on the place of women and working-class writers in a predominantly male, middle-class publishing industry; on literary clubs, societies, and feuds; on patronage,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521357217

ISBN13:9780521357210

Release Date:June 1988

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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