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- Book Title
- The Business of Letters
- Publication Name
- Business of Letters : Authorial Economies in Antebellum America
- Title
- The Business of Letters
- Subtitle
- Authorial Economies in Antebellum America
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0804757054
- EAN
- 9780804757058
- ISBN
- 9780804757058
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Release Date
- 29/11/2007
- Release Year
- 2007
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 21.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Traditionally, scholars of authorship in antebellum America have approached their subject through the lens of professionalization, exploring the ways in which writing moved away from amateurism and into the capitalist marketplace. The Business of Letters breaks new ground by challenging the dominant professionalization model, with its vision of a single literary marketplace. Leon Jackson shows how antebellum authors participated in a variety of different economies including patronage, charity, gift exchange, and competition--each of which had its own rules and reciprocities, its own ethics and exchange rituals, and sometimes even its own currencies. Examining a variety of canonical and non-canonical authors, including women, slaves, and artisans, and drawing on theoretical approaches from anthropology, sociology, social history, and literary criticism, Jackson reveals authors to have been social agents whose acts of authorial exchange involved them in dense webs of community. The decisive transformation of the antebellum period, he concludes, was not from amateurism to professionalism, but, rather, from socially embedded exchange to impersonally conducted business.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
0804757054
ISBN-13
9780804757058
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63194049
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Business of Letters : Authorial Economies in Antebellum America
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps201
Reviews
"The Business of Lettersoffers a compelling prospect on the American literary landscape from independence to the Civil War. With a capacious view of authors, editors, and readers in a changing social and economic setting, this work is the most theoretically sophisticated and historically informed that I have read in years."-Robert A. Gross, University of Connecticut, Storrs, "Jackson's monograph is by turns imaginative, thoroughly researched, and deftly realized." -- Journal of American History, "Jackson's monograph is by turns imaginative, thoroughly researched, and deftly realized." — Journal of American History, " The Business of Letters offers a compelling prospect on the American literary landscape from independence to the Civil War. With a capacious view of authors, editors, and readers in a changing social and economic setting, this work is the most theoretically sophisticated and historically informed that I have read in years."-Robert A. Gross, University of Connecticut, Storrs, "The Business of Lettersoffers a compelling prospect on the American literary landscape from independence to the Civil War. With a capacious view of authors, editors, and readers in a changing social and economic setting, this work is the most theoretically sophisticated and historically informed that I have read in years."--Robert A. Gross, University of Connecticut, Storrs, "I have no question but that Jackson has written a fine book, one that recovers for readers in the twenty-first century the varied rewards for writers in the nineteenth century. He is a superb and patient researcher with a particular sensitivity to the social context of literary achievement. The Business of Letters is a work of impressive emulation, well warranting scholarly approbation." --The Edgar Allan Poe Review, " The Business of Letters offers a compelling prospect on the American literary landscape from independence to the Civil War. With a capacious view of authors, editors, and readers in a changing social and economic setting, this work is the most theoretically sophisticated and historically informed that I have read in years."—Robert A. Gross, University of Connecticut, Storrs, "Jackson's monograph is by turns imaginative, thoroughly researched, and deftly realized." --Journal of American History, "I have no question but that Jackson has written a fine book, one that recovers for readers in the twenty-first century the varied rewards for writers in the nineteenth century. He is a superb and patient researcher with a particular sensitivity to the social context of literary achievement. The Business of Letters is a work of impressive emulation, well warranting scholarly approbation." -- The Edgar Allan Poe Review, " The Business of Letters offers a compelling prospect on the American literary landscape from independence to the Civil War. With a capacious view of authors, editors, and readers in a changing social and economic setting, this work is the most theoretically sophisticated and historically informed that I have read in years."--Robert A. Gross, University of Connecticut, Storrs, "Leon Jackson's clear-headed and rich analysis of the complex cultural and economic behaviors that constituted authorship in the decades prior to the Civil War compellingly redirects current discussions of American literary authorship and will have a significant impact on a large and growing body of scholarship."—Jeffrey Groves, Harvey Mudd College, "Leon Jackson's clear-headed and rich analysis of the complex cultural and economic behaviors that constituted authorship in the decades prior to the Civil War compellingly redirects current discussions of American literary authorship and will have a significant impact on a large and growing body of scholarship."--Jeffrey Groves, Harvey Mudd College, "I have no question but that Jackson has written a fine book, one that recovers for readers in the twenty-first century the varied rewards for writers in the nineteenth century. He is a superb and patient researcher with a particular sensitivity to the social context of literary achievement. The Business of Letters is a work of impressive emulation, well warranting scholarly approbation." - The Edgar Allan Poe Review, "Leon Jackson's clear-headed and rich analysis of the complex cultural and economic behaviors that constituted authorship in the decades prior to the Civil War compellingly redirects current discussions of American literary authorship and will have a significant impact on a large and growing body of scholarship."-Jeffrey Groves, Harvey Mudd College, "I have no question but that Jackson has written a fine book, one that recovers for readers in the twenty-first century the varied rewards for writers in the nineteenth century. He is a superb and patient researcher with a particular sensitivity to the social context of literary achievement. The Business of Letters is a work of impressive emulation, well warranting scholarly approbation." — The Edgar Allan Poe Review, "Jackson's monograph is by turns imaginative, thoroughly researched, and deftly realized." - Journal of American History
Copyright Date
2007
Topic
Publishing, Authorship, United States / 19th Century, General, American / General
Lccn
2007-024051
Dewey Decimal
810.9/003
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
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