|
Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace: The Role of Newspaper Syndicates in America, 1860-1900 (Cambridge Studies in Publishing & Printing History): ... Studies in Publishing and Printing History)
|
| List Price: | £29.99 |
| Price: | £24.58 |
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Dispatched from and sold by quartermelon
Product Description
Conventional literary history has virtually ignored the role of newspaper syndicates in publishing some of the most famous nineteenth-century writers. Stephen Crane, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain were among those who offered their early fiction to ‘Syndicates’, firms which subsequently sold the work to newspapers across America for simultaneous, first-time publication. This newly decentralised process profoundly affected not only the economics of publishing, but also the relationship between authors, texts and readers. In the first full-length study of this publishing phenomenon, Charles Johanningsmeier evaluates the unique site of interaction syndicates held between readers and texts.
Product Details
- Published on: 2002-07-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 296 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
' ... a seminal study for newspaper, publishing and literary history.' Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin
Review
‘ … a seminal study for newspaper, publishing and literary history.’ Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin
Synopsis
Conventional literary history has virtually ignored the role of newspaper syndicates in publishing some of the most famous nineteenth-century writers. Stephen Crane, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain were among those who offered their early fiction to 'Syndicates', firms which subsequently sold the work to newspapers across America for simultaneous, first-time publication. This newly decentralised process profoundly affected not only the economics of publishing, but also the relationship between authors, texts and readers. In the first full-length study of this publishing phenomenon, Charles Johanningsmeier evaluates the unique site of interaction syndicates held between readers and texts.
