The economy of literary form : English literature and the industrialization of publishing, 1800-1850 /

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Author / Creator:	Erickson, Lee.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Description:	xii, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Literature publishing -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Authorship -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain. Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Printing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Literary form. Authors and publishers. Authors and readers. Authorship -- Economic aspects. English literature. Intellectual life. Literary form. Literature and society. Literature publishing -- Economic aspects. Printing. London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. England -- London. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2393831

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ISBN:	0801851459 (hc : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-207) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Marginal Utility of Literary Form
Ch. 1. The Poets' Corner: The Impact of Technological Changes in Printing on English Poetry
Ch. 2. The Egoism of Authorship: Wordsworth's Poetic Career
Ch. 3. Ideological Focus and the Market for the Essay
Ch. 4. Carlyle's Old Clothes Philosophy: The Material Form of Literature
Ch. 5. The Economy of Novel Reading: Jane Austen and the Circulating Library
Ch. 6. Marketing the Novel, 1820-1850
Conclusion: Traffic in the Heart: English Literature in the Publishing Market.

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