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London and the Making of Provincial Literature : Aesthetics and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1800-1850.
Title:
London and the Making of Provincial Literature : Aesthetics and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1800-1850.
Author:
Rezek, Joseph.
ISBN:
9780812291629
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (295 pages)
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Material Texts
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. London and the Transatlantic Book Trade -- Chapter 2. Furious Booksellers and the "American Copy" of the Waverley Novels -- Chapter 3. The Irish National Tale and the Aesthetics of Union -- Chapter 4. Washington Irving's Transatlantic Revisions -- Chapter 5. The Effects of Provinciality in Cooper and Scott -- Chapter 6. Rivalry with England in the Age of Nationalism -- Epilogue. The Scarlet Letter and the Decline of London -- Appendix. The London Republication of American Fiction, 1797-1832 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Examining the production of books and the circulation of material texts between London and the provincial centers of Dublin, Edinburgh, and Philadelphia, Joseph Rezek claims that the publishing vortex of London inspired a dynamic array of economic and aesthetic practices that shaped an era in literary history.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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