Institutions of literature, 1700-1900 : the development of literary culture and production / edited by Jon Mee, Matthew Sangster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mee, Jon, editor.

Sangster, Matthew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

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

Learned institutions and societies--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Learned institutions and societies.

Learned institutions and societies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This collection provides students and researchers with a new and lively understanding of the role of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature in the period 1700-1900. The period saw a fundamental transition from a patronage system to a marketplace in which institutions played an important mediating role between writers and readers, a shift with consequences that continue to resonate today. Often producers themselves, institutions processed and claimed authority over a variety of cultural domains that never simply tessellated into any unified system. The collection's primary concerns are British and imperial environments, with a comparative German case study, but it offers encouragement for its approaches to be taken up in a variety of other cultural contexts. From the Post Office to museums, from bricks and mortar to less tangible institutions like authorship and genre, this collection opens up a new field for literary studies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jun 2022).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108909501 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.