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Waller P. J (Philip J.) |
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Writers, readers, and reputations : literary life in Britain, 1870-1918 / / Philip Waller |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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1-280-80000-3 |
0-19-151869-7 |
1-4294-7011-9 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1194 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
English literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [1047]-1075) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; I. THE READING WORLD; 1. Back to the Future: Authors at the Movies; 2. Consenting and Dissenting Bibliophiles in Public and Private; 3. Literary Advice and Advisers; 4. Reviews and Reviewers; 5.The Great Tradition; 6 The Commemoration Movement; 7. English Literature's Foreign Relations; or, ''E dunno où il est!'; II. WRITERS AND THE PUBLIC: THE PRICE OF FAME; 8. Product Advertising and Self-Advertising; 9. The Star Turn; 10. Playing the Press: Entry and Exposure; 11. Securing the Future; 12. Titles and Laurels |
13. Social Prestige and Clubbability14. The Aristocratic Round and Salon Circle; 15. Looking and Acting the Part; 16. Lecture Tours; 17. Literary Properties and Agencies; III. BEST-SELLERS; 18. Market Conditions; 19. In Cupid's Chains: Charles Garvice; 20. Hymns and Heroines: Florence Barclay; 21. The Epic Ego: Hall Caine; 22. The Demonic Dreamer: Marie Corelli; 23. Authors at Play: Nat Gould Leads the Field; IV. WRITERS AND THE PUBLIC: PENMEN AS PUNDITS; 24. The |
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Campaign Trail; 25. Public Service and Party Politics; 26. Pens at War; 27. Pricking Censorship |
28. Theology versus Sociology and PsychologyBibliography; Index of Book, Essay, Pamphlet, Play, Poem and Short Story Titles; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Writers, Readers, and Reputations explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged. Writers were promoted as stars and celebrities, advertising both products and themselves. Philip Waller's detailed and entertaining study is a collective biography of literary figures, some forgotten, some enduring, over half a century. - ;Charles Dickens died in 1870, the same year in which universal elementary education was introduced. During the following generation a mass reading public emerged, and the term 'best-seller' was coined. In new and cheap editions Dickens's stories sold |
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