The Common Writer - Life in Nineteenth-Century Grub Street (Paperback, New edition)

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, charity, and state support for writers; on literary journalists and the development of the bohemian character; on the facts that inspired the fictional world of Thackeray's Pendennis and Gissing's New Grub Street; and on the long-running debates on the status of writers and the state of literature. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, The Common Writer adds substantially to our understanding of nineteenth-century literary history and culture.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1988
First published:	1988
Authors:	Nigel Cross
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	272
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-35721-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General
LSN:	0-521-35721-7
Barcode:	9780521357210

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