Industry & the creative mind : the eccentric writer in American literature and entertainment, 1790-1860 / / Sandra Tomc
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Tomc Sandra
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Industry & the creative mind : the eccentric writer in American literature and entertainment, 1790-1860 / / Sandra Tomc
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/357 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Eccentric literature - History and criticism | |
| Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Eccentrics in literature | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A new look at the "eccentric author" figure in early nineteenth-century America. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Industry and the creative mind |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Industry & the creative mind |
| ISBN: | 0-472-02842-1 |
| 1-280-79215-9 | |
| 9786613702548 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910968629003321 |
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