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American Authors and the Literary Marketplace Since 1900
West, James L. W., III
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Description for American Authors and the Literary Marketplace Since 1900
Paperback. This book examines literary authorship in the twentieth century and covers such topics as publishing, book distribution, the trade editor, the literary agent, the magazine market, subsidiary rights, and the blockbuster mentality. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
This book examines literary authorship in the twentieth century and covers such topics as publishing, book distribution, the trade editor, the literary agent, the magazine market, subsidiary rights, and the blockbuster mentality.
This book examines literary authorship in the twentieth century and covers such topics as publishing, book distribution, the trade editor, the literary agent, the magazine market, subsidiary rights, and the blockbuster mentality.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812213300
SKU
V9780812213300
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Ref
99-15
About West, James L. W., III
Biographer, book historian, and scholarly editor, James L. W. West III is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University.
Reviews for American Authors and the Literary Marketplace Since 1900
"West admirably and lucidly stalks an important theoretical point-the relationship between aesthetic and commercial factors in the production of serious American literature."
American Literature
"The first systematic, scholarly examination of authorship in our own time. . . . A valuable and stimulating book."
Library Quarterly
"An absorbing account of the mechanics and economics of American writing." ... Read more
American Literature
"The first systematic, scholarly examination of authorship in our own time. . . . A valuable and stimulating book."
Library Quarterly
"An absorbing account of the mechanics and economics of American writing." ... Read more