<p>A study of five Americans--Franklin, Irving, Garrison, Emerson, and Dickinson--who wrote about being writers and their confrontation with the emerging commercial reality of the literary marketplace. 20 illustrations.</p>

Figures of Speech: American Writers and the Literary Marketplace, from Benjamin Franklin to Emily Dickinson

Literature & Fiction

Wilson, Professor R. Jackson

History & Criticism

The Johns Hopkins University Press

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Figures of Speech: American Writers and the Literary Marketplace, from Benjamin Franklin to Emily Dickinson