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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.
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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.
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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.
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