Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century English Periodicals
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | Manushag N. Powell | ISBN: | 9781611484175 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press | Publication: | June 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Manushag N. Powell |
| ISBN: | 9781611484175 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press |
| Publication: | June 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press |
| Language: | English |
Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century Periodicals by Manushag N. Powell embraces periodicals across the first two-thirds of the eighteenth century to argue that this mode of writing, packed with humor and verve, originates the figure of the mass-market author as a literary character. Powell posits that, at the same time, periodicals harbor inescapable doubts as to whether such a character, and by extension their own genre, is sustainable in the long term.
Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century Periodicals by Manushag N. Powell embraces periodicals across the first two-thirds of the eighteenth century to argue that this mode of writing, packed with humor and verve, originates the figure of the mass-market author as a literary character. Powell posits that, at the same time, periodicals harbor inescapable doubts as to whether such a character, and by extension their own genre, is sustainable in the long term.
