Literary Partnerships and the Marketplace : Writers and Mentors in Nineteenth-Century America /

"In Literary Partnerships and the Marketplace, David Dowling examines an often-overlooked aspect of the history of publishing - relationships, of both a business and a personal nature. The book focuses on several intriguing duos of the nineteenth century and explores the economics of literary p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dowling, David Oakey, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mentoring of authors.
Literature and society.
Authorship > Social aspects.
Authors and publishers.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Parrainage d'ecrivains > États-Unis.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Art d'ecrire > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Écrivains et editeurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Mentoring of authors > United States.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Authorship > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Authors and publishers > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In Literary Partnerships and the Marketplace, David Dowling examines an often-overlooked aspect of the history of publishing - relationships, of both a business and a personal nature. The book focuses on several intriguing duos of the nineteenth century and explores the economics of literary partnerships between author/publisher, student/mentor, husband/wife, and parent/child. These literary companions range from Emerson's promotion of Thoreau - a relationship fraught with pitfalls and misjudgments - to "Davis, Inc.," the seamless joining of the literary and legal minds of Rebecca Harding Davis and her husband, L. Clarke Davis. Dowling also considers and analyzes the teams of Washington Irving and his publisher, John Murray; Herman Melville and his editor, Evert Duyckinck; E.D.E.N. Southworth and Robert Bonner, the publisher who serialized her sentimental novels; Fanny Fern both with her brother/publisher, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and with Robert Bonner, the latter a more successful pairing; and the famous fraternal relationship between Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. Throughout, Dowling demonstrates the intrinsic irony of authors projecting their labors of the mind as autonomous even as they relied heavily on their "literary partners" to aid them in navigating the business side of writing."--Project Muse.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780807138496

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