The busiest man in England : Grant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900 /

This book is the first critical biography of Grant Allen (1848-1899) in a century, based on all the surviving primary sources. Despite his lifelong ill health and relatively short life, Allen was a writer of extraordinary productivity and range. About half of his work reflects interests which ran fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morton, Peter, 1946 April 10- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Allen, Grant, > 1848-1899.
Allen, Grant, > 1848-1899 > Authorship.
Allen, Grant, > 1848-1899
1800-1899
Authors, English > 19th century > Biography.
Authorship > History > 19th century.
Écrivains anglais > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Art d'écrire > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, English
Authorship
Intellectual life
England > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
England
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: "The Most Hateful of Professions"
  • Canada and Oxford (1848-1873)
  • Jamaica (1873-1876)
  • Setting Out the Stall (1876-1880)
  • "A Pedlar Crying Stuff": Selling the Wares (1880-1889)
  • The Stock in Trade: Writing Science
  • The Stock in Trade: Light Fiction
  • The Prosperous Tradesman (1890-1895)
  • Dealing with the "Dissenting Grocer"
  • Retailing The Woman Who Did
  • Last Orders (1896-1899)
  • "We of the Proletariate ..."
  • Abbreviations in the Notes
  • Notes and References
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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