The formation of the Victorian literary profession / Richard Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Richard, 1965-

Series:

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 87.

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Authors in literature.

Literature and society--England--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

England.

History.

Authors, English--19th century.

Authors, English.

England--Intellectual life--19th century.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xii, 279 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index.

ISBN:

9781107039629

1107039622

OCLC:

830992474