Prophets, Publicists, and Parasites: Antebellum Print Culture and the Rise of the Critic

by Adam Gordon

Print culture expanded significantly in the nineteenth century due to new print technologies and more efficient distribution methods, providing literary critics, who were alternately celebrated and reviled, with an ever-increasing number of venues to publish their work. Adam Gordon embraces the multiplicity of critique in the period from 1830 to 1860 by exploring the critical forms that emerged. Prophets, Publicists, and Parasites is organized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162534452X
• ISBN13: 9781625344526
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher