Performing authorship in eighteenth-century english periodicals
Auteur :
Powell, Manushag N.
Éditeur :
Associated University Presses
ISBN :
9781611485950
Date de publication :
18 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,6 x 15,4 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book embraces periodicals across the first two-thirds of the eighteenth century to argue that this mode of writing, packed with humor and verve, originates the figure of the mass market author as a literary character. The author posits that, at the same time, periodicals harbor inescapable doubts as to whether such a character is sustainable.