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Author Hamilton, Caroline D., author.

Title One man zeitgeist : Dave Eggers, publishing and publicity / Caroline D. Hamilton
Published New York : Continuum, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 138 pages)
Contents Finding the 'Right Reader' -- 'Just Like You' : Fame, Narcissism and the Self-Fulfilling Prophesy of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius -- Mistakes He Knew He Was Making -- A Publisher's Progress : You Shall Know Our Velocity and the McSweeney's Publishing Model -- The Optimist
Summary One Man Zeitgeist: Dave Eggers, Publishing and Publicity undertakes the first extensive analysis of the works of Dave Eggers, an author who has grown from a small-time media upstart into one of the most influential author-publishers of the twenty-first century. Eggers' rise to fame is charted in careful detail, offering analysis of the circumstances of his success and their effects on the production of his literary oeuvre. As both a memoirist and novelist Eggers has distinguished himself from his cohort of young American authors by insisting on seizing the reins of his publishing output
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-134) and index
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Subject Eggers, Dave -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Eggers, Dave fast
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441167491
1441167498
9781472542687
1472542681
9781441117373
1441117377
9781441179654
1441179658
Other Titles Dave Eggers, publishing and publicity