Institutions of Literature, 1700–1900: The Development of Literary Culture and Production

Mee, J. and Sangster, M. (Eds.) (2022) Institutions of Literature, 1700–1900: The Development of Literary Culture and Production. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9781108830201

Abstract

This collection provides students and researchers with a new and lively understanding of the role of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature in the period 1700-1900. The period saw a fundamental transition from a patronage system to a marketplace in which institutions played an important mediating role between writers and readers, a shift with consequences that continue to resonate today. Often producers themselves, institutions processed and claimed authority over a variety of cultural domains that never simply tessellated into any unified system. The collection's primary concerns are British and imperial environments, with a comparative German case study, but it offers encouragement for its approaches to be taken up in a variety of other cultural contexts. From the Post Office to museums, from bricks and mortar to less tangible institutions like authorship and genre, this collection opens up a new field for literary studies.

• Item Type: Edited Books
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sangster, Professor Matthew
• College/School: College of Arts > School of Critical Studies > English Literature
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• ISBN: 9781108830201
• Published Online: 30 June 2022

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• University of Glasgow Library Catalogue

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
173556		Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900	Matthew Sangster	Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)	AH/N008790/1	Arts - English Literature