Eaten alive: Slavery and celebrity in antebellum America.

Focuses on the economic tensions between American authors and publishers in the mid-19th century. Holding of `The Complimentary Fruit and Flower Festival, Given to Authors, by the New York Publishers' Association'; Authorial anxieties on the demands of the public; Linking of concept of celebrities...

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Publicado en:ELH Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 159 - 188
Autor principal: Newbury, Michael
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press Spring94
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Sumario:Focuses on the economic tensions between American authors and publishers in the mid-19th century. Holding of `The Complimentary Fruit and Flower Festival, Given to Authors, by the New York Publishers' Association'; Authorial anxieties on the demands of the public; Linking of concept of celebrities with slave labor and slave economics.