Hogg and the Book Trade

Hogg’s struggle to establish himself as a writer is perhaps most vividly illustrated in his dealings with the book trade. While it is possible to figure the relationship in largely oppositional terms, there can be little doubt that Hogg’s development as an author was not only made possible but also...

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Published inThe Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg p. 21
Main Author Peter Garside
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Edinburgh University Press 11.05.2012
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Applied arts
Architecture
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Book publishing
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Employment
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Labor economics
Literary genres
Literature
Music publishing
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Social sciences
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Summary:Hogg’s struggle to establish himself as a writer is perhaps most vividly illustrated in his dealings with the book trade. While it is possible to figure the relationship in largely oppositional terms, there can be little doubt that Hogg’s development as an author was not only made possible but also shaped by contemporary publishing conditions. In his first emergence from local celebrity in an oral culture to the recognised authorship of printed books Hogg benefited from two established kinds of support, already available to later eighteenth-century working-class writers: in the form of patronage, and through publication by the subscription method,
ISBN:0748641246
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