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"Breaking new ground in the study of British literary culture during an important, transitional period, this new work by Mary Ann Gillies focuses on the professional literary agent whose emergence in Britain around 1880 coincided with and accelerated the transformation of both publishing and au...

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Main Author: Gillies, Mary Ann, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Watt, A. P. > (Alexander Pollock), > 1834-1914.
Pinker, James B.
Bokutgivning > historia > Storbritannien > 1800-talet > 1900-talet.
Bokmarknaden > historia > Storbritannien > 1800-talet > 1900-talet.
Litterära agenter > historia > Storbritannien > 1800-talet > 1900-talet.
Verleger
Schriftsteller
Literarischer Agent
Literary agents.
Authors and publishers.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
Écrivains et editeurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Agents litteraires > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Écrivains et editeurs Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Écrivains et editeurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Agents litteraires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Agents litteraires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Literary agents > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Literary agents > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Authors and publishers > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Authors and publishers > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literary agents > Great Britain > Biography.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why did the professional literary agent emerge in the 1880s?
  • A.P. Watt : professional literary agent
  • Establishing the agency model : George MacDonald and Watt
  • Testing the agency model : "Lucas Malet" and Watt
  • The second wave of agenting : J.B. Pinker
  • The agent and "popular" literature : Somerville and Ross and Pinker
  • Building a career : Joseph Conrad and Pinker.

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