Authorship, Commerce, and Gender in Early Eighteenth-Century England: A Culture of Paper Credit Tapa dura - 1998

Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, [1], 230 pages.Extensive footnotes and bibliography. Index. Two black and white illustrations. "Discusses the connection between the cultural resistance to speculative finance and hostility to the similarly 'feminized' professional writers that Alexander Pope depicts in the Dunciad. Shows how new financial and fictional models were important for women's social, sexual, and economic interaction." - from half-title page. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligibl wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy..

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Authorship, Commerce, and Gender in Early Eighteenth-Century England.

Hardback. New. Catherine Ingrassia looks at the contemporaneous development of speculative investment and the popular novel in the early eighteenth century. She shows that women were actively involved in both, thus gaining access to important new models for their social, sexual, and economic interaction.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 1998. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 252 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

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.… Leer más

Cambridge University Press, 1998-11-13. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Cambridge University Press CUP , pp. 252 . Hardback. New.