Marketing Literature and Posthumous Legacies: The Symbolic Capital of Leonid Andreev and Vladimir Nabokov

by Yuri Leving and Frederick H. White

Literature is not only about aesthetics, but also almost equally about the successful marketing of an author and his literary works. Ever since the two great Russian authors, Leonid Andreev and Vladimir Nabokov, created their own literary capital, cultural merchants have been preoccupied with the promotion of their respective posthumous legacies, maintaining the intricate network of personal interests that drive the preservation of literary reputations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739182609
• ISBN13: 9780739182604
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"