The economy of literary form : English literature and the industrialization of publishing, 1800-1850
In the first half of the nineteenth century, technological developments in printing led to the industrialization of English publishing, made books and periodicals affordable to many new readers, and changed the market for literature. In The Economy of Literary Form Lee Erickson analyzes the effects on literature as authors and publishers responded to the new demands of a rapidly expanding literary marketplace
Print Book, English, 1996
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1996