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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