"The busiest man in England" : Grant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900
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"The busiest man in England" : Grant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
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The busiest man in England : Grant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-243) and index
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内容説明
This book is a critical biography of Grant Allen, (1848-1899), the first for a century, based on all the surviving primary sources. Born in Kingston, Ontario, into a cultured and affluent family, Allen was educated in France and England. A mysterious marriage while he was an Oxford undergraduate wrecked his academic career and radicalized his views on sexual and marital questions, as did a three-year teaching stint in Jamaica. Despite his lifelong ill health and short life, Allen was a writer of extraordinary productivity and range. About half - more than 30 books and many hundreds of articles - reflects interests which ran from Darwinian biology to cultural travel guides. His prosperity, however, was underpinned by fiction; more than 30 novels, including The Woman Who Did , which has attracted much recent attention from feminist critics and historians. The Better End of Grub Street uses Allen's career to examine the role and status of the freelance author/journalist in the late-Victorian period. Allen's career delineates what it took to succeed in this notoriously tough profession.
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: 'The Most Hateful of Professions' Canada and Oxford (1848-1873) Jamaica (1873-1876) Setting Out the Stall (1876-1880) 'A Pedlar Crying Stuff': Selling the Wares (1880-1889) The Stock in Trade: Writing Science The Stock in Trade: Light Fiction The Prosperous Tradesman (1890-1895) Dealing With the 'Dissenting Grocer' Retailing The Woman Who Did Last Orders (1896-1899) 'We of the Proletariate...' Abbreviations in the Notes Notes and References Bibliography Index
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