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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791101303321

Autore

Trogdon Robert W

Titolo

The lousy racket : Hemingway, Scribners, and the business of literature / / Robert W. Trogdon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-63101-071-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

813/.52

Soggetti

Authors and publishers - United States - History - 20th century

Literature publishing - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Dedication""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Authorâ€?s Note""; ""Introduction: Hemingway as Professional Author and the House of Scribner""; ""Chapter 1: Learning the Trade: Boni and Liveright, In Our Time, and the Move to Scribners""; ""Chapter 2:  Strengthening the Bond: The Publication of The Torrents of Spring, The Sun Also Rises, and Men Without Women""; ""Chapter 3: “Itâ€?s No Fun for Me on Acct. of the Blanksâ€?: The Serialization and Publication of A Farewell to Arms""

""Chapter 4: “A Writer Should Never Repeat�: In Our Time and Death in the Afternoon""""Chapter 5: “You Can�t Be Popular All the Time�: Winner Take Nothing and Green Hills of Africa""; ""Chapter 6: “Their Money�s Worth�: To Have and Have Not and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories""; ""Chapter 7: The Blockbuster: For Whom the Bell Tolls""; ""Chapter 8: After Perkins: Across the River and Into the Trees and The Old Man and the Sea""; ""Epilogue: Hemingway after The Old Man and the Sea""; ""Appendixes""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographical Note""

""Index""