British Literary Culture and Publishing Practice, 1880-1914

This book examines the early publishing careers of three highly influential writers, Joseph Conrad, Arnold Bennett, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Men of letters and children of the sea: Joseph Conrad and the Henley circle; 2. Playing the field: Arnold Bennett as novelist, serialist and journalist; 3. Light reading and the dignity of letters: George Newnes, Ltd and the making of Arthur Conan Doyle; Postscript.

Summary

This book examines the radical transformation of British literary culture during the period 1880–1914 as seen through the early publishing careers of Joseph Conrad, Arnold Bennett and Arthur Conan Doyle, and demonstrates the importance of social history and publishing to questions of critical interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Peter D. McDonald
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780521571494
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57149-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 552 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Publishin
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies