The publishing history of Uncle Tom's cabin, 1852-2002 / Claire Parfait.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parfait, Claire.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Relations with publishers.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Appreciation.

Authors and publishers--United States--History--19th century.

Authors and publishers.

Literature publishing--United States--History--19th century.

Literature publishing.

Women and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Until now, no book-length study has traced the tumultuous publishing history of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the most famous of antislavery novels. Claire Parfait follows the trail over 150 years, along the way addressing the conditions of female authorship, the structures of copyright, author-publisher relations, agency, and literary economics. Scholars of Stowe, of American literature and culture, and of publishing history will find this impressive and compelling work invaluable.

Contents:

From inception to serialization

Uncle Tom's cabin : the contract

"The story of the age" : advertising and promotion

Uncle Tom's cabin : the book, 1852-1853

Distribution and sales, 1852-1863

Uncle Tom's cabin, 1863-1893

Uncle Tom's cabin, 1893-1930

Eclipse and renaissance : Uncle Tom's cabin, 1930-2002.

Notes:

First published 2007 by Ashgate.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-88339-9

1-351-88340-2

1-315-23755-5

1-281-23826-0

9786611238261

0-7546-8761-9

9781315237558

OCLC:

318535884