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The literary market : authorship and modernity in the old regime / Geoffrey Turnovsky.

Author: Turnovsky, Geoffrey.

Imprint:Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.

Descriptionvi, 286 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Literary commerce in the age of honnête publication -- The paradoxes of enlightenment publishing -- "Living by the pen": mythologies of modern authorial autonomy -- Economic claims and legal battles: writers turn to the market -- The reality of a new cultural field: the case of Rousseau.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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French literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Authorship -- Economic aspects -- France -- History.
Literature publishing -- France -- History -- 17th century.
Literature publishing -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Book industries and trade -- France -- History -- 17th century.
Book industries and trade -- France -- History -- 18th century.