Fame and failure 1720-1800 : the unfulfilled literary life / / Adam Rounce

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814894603321
• Autore: Rounce Adam
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-89352-1; 1-107-42555-7; 1-107-42334-1; 1-107-42019-9; 1-107-41758-9; 1-107-42155-1; 1-107-32512-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 820.9/006
• Soggetti: English literature - 18th century - History and criticism; Authors, English - 18th century - Psychology; Fame - History - 18th century; Literature and society - England - History - 18th century; Authorship - Public opinion - History - 18th century; Failure (Psychology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An author to be let -- The exemplary failure of Dr Dodd -- Anna Seward's cruel times -- Percival Stockdale's alternative literary history.
• Sommario/riassunto: Adam Rounce presents a colourful and unusual history of eighteenth-century British literature, exploring ideas of fame through writers who failed to achieve the literary success they so desired. Recounting the experiences of less canonical writers, including Richard Savage, Anna Seward and Percival Stockdale, Rounce discusses the inefficacy of apparent literary success, the forms of vanity and folly often found in failed authorship, and the changing perception of literary reputation from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the emergence of Romanticism. The book opens up new ways of thinking about the ; nature of literary success and failure, given the post-Romantic idea of the doomed creative genius, and provides an alternative narrative to critical accounts of the famous and successful.