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Author:

Dowling, David Oakey, 1967-

Title:

The business of literary circles in nineteenth-century America / David Dowling.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 296 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Authorship--History--United States--History--19th century.
Authorship--History--United States--History--19th century.
Authors and publishers--United States--History--19th century.
Authors, American--19th century--Economic conditions.
Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

"As merchants on the 'change'" : the economy of literary coteries, 1807-1864 -- Pt. 1 : Literary New Yorkers -- "An instinct for gold" : Irving's Knickerbockers -- Staff bonds : Bonner's New York ledger -- Pt. 2 : New England circles -- "the section to which we belong" : Emerson's Transcendentalists -- Boston and beyond : Elizabeth Peabody's promotional practice -- Pt. 3 : Political economy : North and South -- Print warriors : Garrison's abolitionists -- Proslavery and the pen : Fitzhugh's apologists -- Conclusion -- The Boston Bellamy Club, Rand's objectivists, and Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Summary:

David Dowling explores the economics of professional authorship--the contiguity between business practice and aesthetic principle--in the most significant literary circles of the American nineteenth century. This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger--to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles.

Series:

Nineteenth-century major lives and letters

ISBN:

0230110460
9780230110465

OCLC:

(OCoLC)650827370

LCCN:

2010030068

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)