The Busiest Man in England - Grant Allen and the Writing Trade, 1875-1900 (Paperback, 1st ed. 2005)

This book is a critical biography of Grant Allen, (1848-1899), the first for a century, based on all the surviving primary sources. Born in Kingston, Ontario, into a cultured and affluent family, Allen was educated in France and England. A mysterious marriage while he was an Oxford undergraduate wrecked his academic career and radicalized his views on sexual and marital questions, as did a three-year teaching stint in Jamaica. Despite his lifelong ill health and short life, Allen was a writer of extraordinary productivity and range. About half - more than 30 books and many hundreds of articles - reflects interests which ran from Darwinian biology to cultural travel guides. His prosperity, however, was underpinned by fiction; more than 30 novels, including The Woman Who Did , which has attracted much recent attention from feminist critics and historians. The Better End of Grub Street uses Allen's career to examine the role and status of the freelance author/journalist in the late-Victorian period. Allen's career delineates what it took to succeed in this notoriously tough profession.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	P. Morton
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	251
Edition:	1st ed. 2005
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-52939-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
LSN:	1-349-52939-7
Barcode:	9781349529391

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