Title Paperwork : fiction and mass mediacy in the Paper Age / Kevin McLaughlin

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations, map Series Critical authors & issues Critical authors & issues. Contents Frequently cited texts. -- Introduction: Apparitions of paper. -- Distraction in America: paper, money, Poe. -- Off the map: Stevenson's Polynesian fiction. -- Transatlantic connections: "Paper language" in Melville. -- The paper state: collective breakdown in Dickens's Bleak house. -- Pretending to read: Hardy's The mayor of Casterbridge. -- Afterword: The novel collective Summary Paperwork challenges traditional approaches to print culture and the mass media in the nineteenth century. Kevin McLaughlin argues for a literary-critical approach to the impact of the mass media on literature through a series of detailed interpretations of fiction by Poe, Stevenson, Melville, Dickens, and Hardy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Capitalism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 19th century Literature publishing -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 19th century Mass media -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 19th century American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Economics and literature -- English-speaking countries Paper money -- English-speaking countries Economics in literature. Money in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. American fiction Capitalism and literature Economics and literature Economics in literature English fiction Literature publishing Mass media Money in literature Paper money Literatur Papiergeld Massenmedien Motiv Letterkunde. Engels. Amerikaans. Massamedia. Papier. Bokutgivning -- historia -- 1800-talet -- Storbritannien. Bokutgivning -- historia -- 1800-talet -- Förenta staterna. Publicering -- historia -- 1800-talet -- Storbritannien. Publicering -- historia -- 1800-talet -- Förenta staterna. Engelsk litteratur -- historia -- 1800-talet. Amerikansk litteratur -- historia -- 1800-talet. English-speaking countries USA Englisch. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812202779 0812202775 1283211874 9781283211871 9786613211873 6613211877

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