The Author, the Book & the ReaderGreenwich Exchange, 1991 - 220 pages This collection of essays analyses the effects of changing technology and the attendant commercial pressures on literary styles and subject matter. Authors covered include Charles Dickens, Tobias George Smollett, Mark Twain, Dr Johnson and John le Carre. |
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Samuel Johnson as Parliamentary | 29 |
Tobias Smollett and the West Indian | 48 |
Edgar Allan Poe meets Inspector Morse | 72 |
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