The formation of the Victorian literary profession /Richard Salmon.

Salmon, Richard, 1965-

The formation of the Victorian literary profession /Richard Salmon. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) - Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 87 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Living authors -- Thomas Carlyle and the luminous author -- Thackeray and the novel of literary apprenticeship -- Dickens and the profession of labour -- Broken idols: the development of the working-class author -- Moving statues: the iconography of the 'printing woman' -- Conclusion: The disenchantment of the author.



9781107417229


English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Authors in literature.
Literature and society--History--England--19th century.
Authors, English--19th century.


Electronic Books.

PR461 / .F676 2013