Living as an Author in the Romantic Period

by Matthew Sangster

Book Overview

This book explores how authors profited from their writings in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, contending that the most tangible benefits were social, rather than financial or aesthetic. It examines authors' interactions with publishers; the challenges of literary sociability; the vexed construction of enduring careers; the factors that prevented most aspiring writers (particularly the less privileged) from accruing significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030370496
• ISBN13: 9783030370497
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"