This text explores how the concept of the literary career was reshaped by the commodification of writing in the 18th century, a period between an age of substantial sponsorship by the nobility and the fully developed literary market of the 19th century. It argues that, as the conditions of literary production shifted from a patronage system to an open market, the traditional means by which authors measured their success and acquired their credentials changed as well. The book shows how critical periodicals assumed the role ...
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This text explores how the concept of the literary career was reshaped by the commodification of writing in the 18th century, a period between an age of substantial sponsorship by the nobility and the fully developed literary market of the 19th century. It argues that, as the conditions of literary production shifted from a patronage system to an open market, the traditional means by which authors measured their success and acquired their credentials changed as well. The book shows how critical periodicals assumed the role of official arbiters of literary merit. In tracing this process, the author focuses on two successful journals, the "Monthly Review" (founded in 1749) and the "Critical Review" (founded in 1756), which dedicated themselves exclusively to reviewing new publications. Examining the professional lives of Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, and several woman authors, the book makes the case that these two periodicals had a considerable influence on the course of literary careers. This is a Stanford University Press title distributed and marketed by Cambridge University Press in all territories outside North America.
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