The economy of literary form : English literature and the industrialization of publishing, 1800-1850
In the first half of the nineteenth century, technological developments in printing led to the industrialization of English publishing, made books and periodicals affordable to many new readers, and changed the market for literature. In The Economy of Literary Form Lee Erickson analyzes the effects on literature as authors and publishers responded to the new demands of a rapidly expanding literary marketplace
Print Book, English, 1996
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1996
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801851452, 9780801863585, 0801851459, 0801863589
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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