The formation of the Victorian literary profession /

A fascinating study into the development of the Victorian literary profession that examines literary and visual representations of authorship.

Dettagli Bibliografici
Autore principale: Salmon, Richard, 1965-
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Serie:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 87.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=622115
Sommario:
  • Introduction: Living authors
  • Thomas Carlyle and the luminous author
  • Thackeray and the novel of literary apprenticeship
  • Dickens and the profession of labour
  • Broken idols: the development of the working-class author
  • Moving statues: the iconography of the 'printing woman'
  • Conclusion: The disenchantment of the author.