Those Who Write for Immortality: Romantic Reputations and the Dream of Lasting Fame

by H.J. Jackson

Book Overview

A provocative inquiry into lasting literary fame, the gifted writers who have achieved it, and the gifted writers who have not Great writers of the past whose works we still read and love will be read forever. They will survive the test of time. We remember authors of true genius because their writings are simply the best. Or . . . might there be other reasons that account for an author's literary fate? This original book takes a fresh look at our...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300174799
• ISBN13: 9780300174793
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.9"