Writers, books, and trade : an eighteenth-century English miscellany for William B. Todd

Author(s)

• Todd, William B. (William Burton)
• Brack, O M

Bibliographic Information

Writers, books, and trade : an eighteenth-century English miscellany for William B. Todd

edited by O M Brack, Jr

AMS Press, c1994

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

These 17 essays by a group of international scholars offer new knowledge and insights into the history of the English book trade in the 18th century, a period that saw the rise of the professional writer. No collection can cover the full range of this topic, but there is a variety of subjects providing a historical context for the writing, printing, publishing, and distributing of books: women in the book trade, bankruptcy in bookselling, uses of newspaper advertizements to study the book trade, book reviewing and provincial readership of books and reviews. Among the literary figures considered are Pope, Johnson, Fielding, Smollett and Sterne. Among the contributors are Patricia Hernlyund, G. Thomas Tanselle, K.I.D Maslen, Nicolas Barker, J.D. Fleeman, Thomas R. Adams and the editor.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA26837888
• ISBN:
  • 0404635199
• LCCN: 91053014
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 412 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z325
  • DC20 : 381/.45002/0941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Book industries and trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century