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...

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Published in:	English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 Vol. 57; no. 4; pp. 497 - 519
Main Author:	ALLEN-EMERSON, MICHELLE
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	ELT Press 2014
Subjects:	Mr. Meeson's Will (Book) Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 Author-publisher relations Literary criticism Women authors Authorship
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Summary:	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.