Title The business of literary circles in nineteenth-century America / David Dowling

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) Series Nineteenth-century major lives and letters Nineteenth-century major lives and letters. Contents "As merchants on the 'change'" : the economy of literary coteries, 1807-1864 -- Literary New Yorkers. "An instinct for gold" : Irving's Knickerbockers -- Staff bonds : Bonner's New York ledger -- New England circles. "The section to which we belong" : Emerson's Transcendentalists -- Boston and beyond : Elizabeth Peabody's promotional practice -- Political economy : North and South. Print warriors : Garrison's abolitionists -- Proslavery and the pen : Fitzhugh's apologists -- Conclusion -- The Boston Bellamy Club, Rand's objectivists, and Iowa Writers' Workshop Summary David Dowling explores the economics of professional authorship--the contiguity between business practice and aesthetic principle--in the most significant literary circles of the American nineteenth century. This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger--to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Authorship -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Authorship -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 19th century Authors, American -- 19th century -- Economic conditions Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Authors, American -- Economic conditions Authors and publishers Authorship -- Economic aspects Authorship -- Social aspects Literature and society United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230117082 0230117082 9781349292912 1349292915

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