Authorship, commerce, and gender in early eighteenth-century England : a culture of paper credit / Catherine Ingrassia
by Ingrassia, Catherine
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- ISBN 10
- 0521630630
- ISBN 13
- 9780521630634
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 230 pages : illustrations. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-226) and index. Contents; Introduction: paper credit -- 1. Women, credit, and the South Sea Bubble -- 2. Alexander Pope, gender, and the commerce of culture -- 3. Eliza Haywood and the culture of professional authorship -- 4. The (gender) politics of the literary marketplace -- 5. Samuel Richardson and the domestication of paper credit -- Conclusion: negotiable paper. Subjects; 1700-1799 English literature 18th century History and criticism. Authorship Economic aspects England History 18th century. Women and literature England History 18th century. Speculation England History 18th century. Commerce England History 18th century. Economics in literature. Sex role in literature. English literature 18th century History and criticism. Women and literature England History 18th century.
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- Title
- Authorship, commerce, and gender in early eighteenth-century England : a culture of paper credit / Catherine Ingrassia
- Author
- Ingrassia, Catherine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521630630
- ISBN 13
- 9780521630634
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1998
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