American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting, 1834-1853

• Main Author: McGill, Meredith L
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc 21.08.2013; University of Pennsylvania Press
• Edition: 1
• Series: Material Texts
• Subjects: 19th century; American literature; American literature-19th century-History and criticism; Authors and publishers; Authors and publishers-United States-History-19th century; Books & Reading; Copyright; Copyright-United States-History-19th century; Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804–1864; History; History and criticism; Language & Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM; Literature publishing; Literature publishing-United States-History-19th century; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–1849; Publishers; Relations with publishers; United States

The antebellum period has long been identified with the belated emergence of a truly national literature. And yet, as Meredith L. McGill argues, a mass market for books in this period was built and sustained through what we would call rampant literary piracy: a national literature developed not desp...