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Author:

Frost, Simon R.

Title:

The business of the novel : economics, aesthetics and the case of Middlemarch / by Simon R. Frost.

Publisher:

Pickering & Chatto,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xi, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Economics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Literature publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Authors and readers--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Eliot, George,--1819-1880.--Middlemarch.
Eliot, George,--1819-1880--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.

Contents:

Supply -- Demand -- Commodity reading -- Business besides aesthetics -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"This study shows how aesthetics and economics have been combined in a great work of literature. Widely acknowledged as one of the great English novels, Middlemarch was published at a time which saw the emergence of a commodity-based culture. Frost examines the history of Middlemarch's composition and publication within the context of Victorian demand, then goes on to consider the interpretation, reception and consumption of the book. Reader experience and rival publications are explored alongside a 'commodity reading' of the novel. The study will be of value to scholars of book history, economics and material culture"--Page 4 of cover.

Series:

Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; no. 1

ISBN:

1848931948 (acid-free paper)
9781848931947 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)762688366

LCCN:

2012493960

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)