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Author Salmon, Richard, 1965-

Title The formation of the Victorian literary profession / Richard Salmon.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 87
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 87.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index.
Contents Introduction: Living authors -- Thomas Carlyle and the luminous author -- Thackeray and the novel of literary apprenticeship -- Dickens and the profession of labour -- Broken idols: the development of the working-class author -- Moving statues: the iconography of the 'printing woman' -- Conclusion: The disenchantment of the author.
Summary A fascinating study into the development of the Victorian literary profession that examines literary and visual representations of authorship.
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Subject English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Authors in literature.
Authors in literature.
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Literature and society.
England.
History.
Authors, English -- 19th century.
Authors, English.
England -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Intellectual life.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Salmon, Richard, 1965- Formation of the Victorian literary profession 9781107039629 (DLC) 2013005738 (OCoLC)830992474
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