Writers, Readers, and Reputations explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged. Writers were promoted as celebrities, advertising both products and themselves. Philip Waller's detailed and entertaining study is a collective biography of literary figures, some forgotten, some enduring, over half a century.
Writers, Readers, and Reputations explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged. Writers were promoted as celebrities, advertising both products and themselves. Philip Waller's detailed and entertaining study is a collective biography of literary figures, some forgotten, some enduring, over half a century.
Part I: The Reading World 1: Back to the Future: Authors at the Movies 2: Consenting and Dissenting Bibliophiles in Public and Private 3: Literary Advice and Advisers 4: Reviews and Reviewers 5: The Great Tradition 6: The Commemmoration Movement 7: English Literature's Foreign Relations; or ''e dunno ou il est!' Part II: Writers and the Public: The Price of Fame 8: Having a Flutter: Product Advertising and Self-Advertising 9: The Star Turn 10: Playing the Press: Entry and Exposure 11: Securing the Future 12: Titles and Laurels 13: Social Prestige and Clubability 14: The Aristocratic Round and Salon Circle 15: Looking and Acting the Part 16: Lecture Tours 17: Literary Properties and Agencies Part III: Best-Sellers 18: Market Conditions 19: In Cupid's Chains: Charles Garvice 20: Hymns and Heroines: Florence Barclay 21: The Epic Ego: Hall Caine 22: The Demonic Dreamer: Marie Corelli 23: Authors at Play: Nat Gould Leads the Field Part IV: Writers and the Public: Penmen as Pundits 24: The Campaign Trail 25: Public Service and Party Politics 26: Pens at War 27: Pricking Censorship 28: Theology versus Sociology and Psychology Bibliography Index
Part I: The Reading World 1: Back to the Future: Authors at the Movies 2: Consenting and Dissenting Bibliophiles in Public and Private 3: Literary Advice and Advisers 4: Reviews and Reviewers 5: The Great Tradition 6: The Commemmoration Movement 7: English Literature's Foreign Relations; or ''e dunno ou il est!' Part II: Writers and the Public: The Price of Fame 8: Having a Flutter: Product Advertising and Self-Advertising 9: The Star Turn 10: Playing the Press: Entry and Exposure 11: Securing the Future 12: Titles and Laurels 13: Social Prestige and Clubability 14: The Aristocratic Round and Salon Circle 15: Looking and Acting the Part 16: Lecture Tours 17: Literary Properties and Agencies Part III: Best-Sellers 18: Market Conditions 19: In Cupid's Chains: Charles Garvice 20: Hymns and Heroines: Florence Barclay 21: The Epic Ego: Hall Caine 22: The Demonic Dreamer: Marie Corelli 23: Authors at Play: Nat Gould Leads the Field Part IV: Writers and the Public: Penmen as Pundits 24: The Campaign Trail 25: Public Service and Party Politics 26: Pens at War 27: Pricking Censorship 28: Theology versus Sociology and Psychology Bibliography Index
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