02804oam 2200685 a 450 991096862900332120161228113421.00-472-02842-11-280-79215-9978661370254810.3998/mpub.4596043(CKB)2550000000104495(OCoLC)801411062(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575752(SSID)ssj0000690299(PQKBManifestationID)11426797(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690299(PQKBWorkID)10622501(PQKB)10572751(MdBmJHUP)muse17374(MiU)10.3998/mpub.4596043(Au-PeEL)EBL3415068(CaPaEBR)ebr10575752(CaONFJC)MIL370254(OCoLC)923505369(MiAaPQ)EBC3415068(EXLCZ)99255000000010449520120131d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIndustry & the creative mind the eccentric writer in American literature and entertainment, 1790-1860 /Sandra Tomc1st ed.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,c2012.1 online resource (319 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-11836-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.A new look at the "eccentric author" figure in early nineteenth-century America.Industry and the creative mindAmerican literature19th centuryHistory and criticismEccentric literatureHistory and criticismLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryEccentrics in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Eccentric literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryEccentrics in literature.810.9/357Tomc Sandra1833668Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910968629003321Industry & the creative mind4408555UNINA