Writers, readers, and reputations : literary life in Britain 1870-1918
Explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged. This book promotes writers as stars and celebrities, advertising both products and themselves. It is a collective biography of literary figures, some forgotten, some enduring, over half a century.
History
x, 1181 s. : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780198206774, 9780198202776, 0198206771, 0198202776
185395385
PART 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 Commemmoration Movement; 7. English Literature's Foreign Relations; or "e dunno ou il est!'; PART II: WRITERS AND THE PUBLIC: THE PRICE OF FAME; 8. Having a Flutter: Product Advertising and Self-Advertising; 9. The Star Turn; 10. Playing the Press: Entry and Exposure; 11. Securing the Future; 12. Titles and Laurels; 13. Social Prestige and Clubability; 14. The Aristocratic Round and Salon Circle; 15. Looking and Acting the Part; 16. Lecture Tours; 17. Literary Properties and Agencies; PART 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; PART 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; 28. Theology versus Sociology and Psychology; Bibliography; Index
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