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Author:

Turnovsky, Geoffrey.

Title:

The literary market : authorship and modernity in the old regime / Geoffrey Turnovsky.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

vi, 286 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

French literature--17th century--History and criticism.
French literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Authorship--History.--France--History.
Literature publishing--France--History--17th century.
Literature publishing--France--History--18th century.
Book industries and trade--France--History--17th century.
Book industries and trade--France--History--18th century.
Geschichte 1600-1790
Frankreich

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Literary commerce in the age of honnête publication -- The paradoxes of enlightenment publishing -- "Living by the pen": mythologies of modern authorial autonomy -- Economic claims and legal battles: writers turn to the market -- The reality of a new cultural field: the case of Rousseau.

Series:

Material texts

ISBN:

0812241959 (alk. paper)
9780812241952 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320800443

LCCN:

2009018799

Locations:

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

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)