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UNINA9911154595703321 |
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Autore |
Tomc Sandra |
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Titolo |
Industry & the creative mind : the eccentric writer in American literature and entertainment, 1790-1860 / / Sandra Tomc |
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Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-472-02842-1 |
1-280-79215-9 |
9786613702548 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Eccentric literature - History and criticism |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century |
Eccentrics in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Anywhere but Here: Provincial Literature and the "Miseries of Literary Men" -- 2. Personifying Vernacular Eccentricity: Joseph Dennie and the American Lounger -- 3. "Too Much above the Popular Level to Be Well Paid": Edgar Allan Poe, His Peers, and the Rewards of Genius -- 4. An Idle Industry: Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Workings of Literary Leisure -- 5. "As Crazy as a Fly in a Drum": The Eccentric Woman Writer -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A new look at the "eccentric author" figure in early nineteenth-century America. |
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