04340nam 2200697 a 450 991081847280332120200520144314.01-280-80000-30-19-151869-71-4294-7011-9(CKB)1000000000473508(EBL)431356(OCoLC)609832435(SSID)ssj0000275146(PQKBManifestationID)11195485(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275146(PQKBWorkID)10331958(PQKB)10502602(MiAaPQ)EBC431356(Au-PeEL)EBL431356(CaPaEBR)ebr10167527(CaONFJC)MIL80000(EXLCZ)99100000000047350820060210d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriters, readers, and reputations literary life in Britain, 1870-1918 /Philip Waller1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (1194 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-820677-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [1047]-1075) and indexes.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 Laurels13. 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 Campaign Trail; 25. Public Service and Party Politics; 26. Pens at War; 27. Pricking Censorship28. 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; ZWriters, 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 English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismBooks and readingGreat BritainHistory19th centuryBooks and readingGreat BritainHistory20th centuryLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Books and readingHistoryBooks and readingHistoryLiterature and societyHistoryLiterature and societyHistory820.9/39Waller P. J(Philip J.)1661912MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818472803321Writers, readers, and reputations4018118UNINA