Sean Grass, ed., Life Writing and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Market

This collection of essays brilliantly explores the consequences of the commodification of life writing in the nineteenth century, in Britain and beyond. The novelty of this volume lies in its explicit engagement with the mercantile discourses and transactional practices of Victorian print culture....

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Hlavní autor: Nagot, Maëlle
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 2026
On-line přístup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Shrnutí:This collection of essays brilliantly explores the consequences of the commodification of life writing in the nineteenth century, in Britain and beyond. The novelty of this volume lies in its explicit engagement with the mercantile discourses and transactional practices of Victorian print culture. Turning away from purely literary reflections on identity construction or generic taxonomies, the contributors attend to the social, cultural, and economic factors that shaped life narratives in an...