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In the Company of Books
Sarah Wadsworth
其他書名
Literature and Its "classes" in Nineteenth-century America
出版University of Massachusetts Press, 2006
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishers & Publishing IndustryLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Books & ReadingSocial Science / GeneralSocial Science / Popular Culture
ISBN15584954019781558495401
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dY8VAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋A vital feature of American culture in the nineteenth century was the growing awareness that the literary marketplace consisted not of a single, unified, relatively homogeneous reading public, but rather of many disparate, overlapping reading communities differentiated by interests, class, and level of education, as well as by gender and stage of life. Tracing the segmentation of the literary marketplace in nineteenth-century America, this book analyzes the implications of the subdivided literary field for readers, writers, and literature itself. With sections focusing on segmentation by age, gender, and cultural status, In the Company of Books analyzes the ways authors and publishers carved up the field of literary production into a multitude of distinct submarkets, differentiated their products, and targeted specific groups of readers in order to guide their book-buying decisions.