Difficult Art of Giving - Patronage, Philanthropy, and the American Literary Market

Francesca Sawaya is Associate Professor of English and American Studies at the College of William and Mary and author of Modern Women, Modern Work: Domesticity, Professionalism, and American Writing, 1890-1950, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Francesca Sawaya

Summary

The Difficult Art of Giving rethinks the economic history of American literature, demonstrating that the practices of patronage and corporate-based philanthropy shaped the literary market . Francesca Sawaya examines the importance of patronage and philanthropy on major post-bellum authors' careers and fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Francesca Sawaya
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9780812246308
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4630-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Haney Foundation Series; Haney Foundation; Haney Foundation; Haney Foundation Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies