03343nam 22007332 450 991046268630332120151005020621.01-139-89352-11-107-42555-71-107-42334-11-107-42019-91-107-41758-91-107-42155-11-107-32512-9(CKB)2670000000415480(EBL)1394603(OCoLC)859537391(SSID)ssj0000985418(PQKBManifestationID)12432704(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000985418(PQKBWorkID)10929482(PQKB)10750825(UkCbUP)CR9781107325128(MiAaPQ)EBC1394603(Au-PeEL)EBL1394603(CaPaEBR)ebr10774080(CaONFJC)MIL538465(EXLCZ)99267000000041548020130124d2013|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFame and failure 1720-1800 the unfulfilled literary life /Adam Rounce[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2013.1 online resource (vii, 249 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-62453-3 1-107-04222-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.An author to be let -- The exemplary failure of Dr Dodd -- Anna Seward's cruel times -- Percival Stockdale's alternative literary history.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.Fame & Failure 1720-1800English literature18th centuryHistory and criticismAuthors, English18th centuryPsychologyFameHistory18th centuryLiterature and societyEnglandHistory18th centuryAuthorshipPublic opinionHistory18th centuryFailure (Psychology)English literatureHistory and criticism.Authors, EnglishPsychology.FameHistoryLiterature and societyHistoryAuthorshipPublic opinionHistoryFailure (Psychology)820.9/006Rounce Adam1026706UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910462686303321Fame and failure 1720-18002441773UNINA