Nobody's Story: The Vanishing Acts of Women Writers in the Marketplace, 1670-1920 Volume 31

by Catherine Gallagher

Book Overview

Exploring the careers of five influential women writers of the Restoration and eighteenth century, Catherine Gallagher reveals the connections between the increasing prestige of female authorship, the economy of credit and debt, and the rise of the novel. The "nobodies" of her title are not ignored, silenced, or anonymous women. Instead, they are literal nobodies: the abstractions of authorial personae, printed books, intellectual property rights,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520203380
• ISBN13: 9780520203389
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"