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. DAVID DOWLING Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Iowa, USA. He is the author of 'Capital Letters: Authorship in the Antebellum Literary Market'. INDICE: Introduction - As Merchants on the 'Change': The Economy of Literary Coteries, 1807-1864 - PART I: LITERARY NEW YORKERS - 'An Instinct for Gold': Irving's Knickerbockers - Staff Bonds: Bonner's 'New York Ledger' - PART II:NEW ENGLAND CIRCLES - 'The Section to Which We Belong': Emerson's Transcendentalists - Boston and Beyond: Elizabeth Peabody's Promotional Practice - PART III: 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 -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-11046-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 26/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido