Tennyson and Mid-Victorian Publishing

Moxon, Poetry, Commerce

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Founded on neglected archival material, it examines the scale and distribution of Tennyson’s book sales in Britain and America, the commercial logic of publishing poetry, and how illustrated gift books and visual culture both promoted and interrogated the Poet Laureate and his life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-02-24
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:473 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137338143

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Jim Cheshire is Reader in Cultural History at the University of Lincoln, UK. His research examines the material, literary and visual culture of the nineteenth century. He works on publishing history, literary celebrity, Victorian medievalism, stained glass and Victorian interior design.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Edward Moxon in Context.- Chapter 2. Tennyson by Numbers: Edward Moxon and the Business of Publishing.- Chapter 3. Publishing Tennyson in America.- Chapter 4. Moxon, Tennyson and the Illustrated Book.- Chapter 5. James Bertrand Payne and the Demise of the Moxon Firm.- Chapter 6. Fame and its Consequences.- Conclusion. Tennyson and the Evolution of Victorian Publishing.- Index.-