Adventures in the Marketplace with H. Rider Haggard: Author-Publisher Relations in Mr. Meeson's Will.
A literary criticism of the book "Mr. Meeson's Will" by H. Rider Haggard is presented. It claims that the novel represents a dramatization of author-publisher relations in the early part of Haggard's career as a struggling author victimized by a greedy publisher. It talks about issues including the...
| Publicado en: | English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 Vol. 57; no. 4; pp. 497 - 519 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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ELT Press
2014
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism of the book "Mr. Meeson's Will" by H. Rider Haggard is presented. It claims that the novel represents a dramatization of author-publisher relations in the early part of Haggard's career as a struggling author victimized by a greedy publisher. It talks about issues including the objectification and punishment of the female author in the novel, the male author's anxiety over the perceived dominance of women writers, and lack of sustained focus on the business of authorship. |
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