LEADER 04340nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910818472803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-80000-3 010 $a0-19-151869-7 010 $a1-4294-7011-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473508 035 $a(EBL)431356 035 $a(OCoLC)609832435 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275146 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195485 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275146 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10331958 035 $a(PQKB)10502602 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431356 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431356 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167527 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80000 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473508 100 $a20060210d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriters, readers, and reputations $eliterary life in Britain, 1870-1918 /$fPhilip Waller 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (1194 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-820677-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [1047]-1075) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 ou? 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 327 $a13. 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 Censorship 327 $a28. 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 330 $aWriters, 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 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBooks and reading$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aBooks and reading$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 676 $a820.9/39 700 $aWaller$b P. J$g(Philip J.)$01661912 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818472803321 996 $aWriters, readers, and reputations$94018118 997 $aUNINA