American Authors and the Literary Marketplace since 1900

James L. W. West III

188 pages | 6 x 9
Paper 1990 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1330-0 | $21.95s | £14.50 | Add to shopping cart

"West admirably and lucidly stalks an important theoretical point—the relationship between aesthetic and commercial factors in the production of serious American literature."—American Literature

"The first systematic, scholarly examination of authorship in our own time. . . . A valuable and stimulating book."—Library Quarterly

"An absorbing account of the mechanics and economics of American writing."—Encounter

"[West] bulids a convincing case for the way market forces shape a writer's career, subject matter, and narrative form."—Review in American Studies

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