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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Jackson, H. J.     Subjects     English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.     Romanticism -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Authors and readers -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Authors, English -- 19th century -- Appreciation.     Fame -- History -- 19th century.     Reputation -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 19th century.     England -- Authorship -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jackson, H. J.       by title:      Those who write for ...       by call number:      820.9008 J12t     Search the Web     Jackson, H. J.     English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.     Romanticism -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Authors and readers -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Authors, English -- 19th century -- Appreciation.     Fame -- History -- 19th century.     Reputation -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 19th century.     England -- Authorship -- History -- 19th century.       MARC Display

Those who write for immortality : romantic reputations and the dream of everlasting fame / H. J. Jackson. by Jackson, H. J. Yale University Press, 2015. Call #: 820.9008 J12t Subjects English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.   Romanticism -- England -- History -- 19th century.   Authors and readers -- England -- History -- 19th century.   Authors, English -- 19th century -- Appreciation.   Fame -- History -- 19th century.   Reputation -- England -- History -- 19th century.   Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 19th century.   England -- Authorship -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780300174793 (hc.) Alternate title:  Immortality : romantic reputations and the dream of everlasting fame Romantic reputations and the dream of everlasting fame Description:  xiv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The fame tradition -- An heroic model of authorship -- The stigma of popularity -- Interlude -- What about merit? -- Raising the unread -- Conclusion. Summary:  "We remember authors of true genius because their writings are simply the best. Or might there be other reasons that account for an author's literary fate? A fresh look at literary fame by examining how it actually comes about. The author wrestles with entrenched notions about recognizing genius and the test of time by comparing the reputations of a dozen writers of the Romantic period -- some famous, some forgotten. Why are we still reading Jane Austen but not Mary Brunton, when readers in their own day sometimes couldn't tell their works apart? Why Keats and not Barry Cornwall, who came from the same circle of writers and had the same mentor? Why not that mentor, Leigh Hunt, himself? Jackson offers new and unorthodox accounts of the coming-to-fame of some of Britain's most revered authors and compares their reputations and afterlives with those of their contemporary rivals. What she discovers about trends, champions, institutional power, and writers' conscious efforts to position themselves for posterity casts fresh light on the actual processes that lead to literary fame. H. J. Jackson is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, where she was one of the founders of the graduate program in book history and print culture. She lives in Toronto"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 820.9008 J12t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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