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The Busiest Man in England: Grant Allen and the Writing Trade, 1875-1900 2005 Edition
Contributor(s): Morton, P. (Author)
ISBN: 1403966265     ISBN-13: 9781403966261
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE:   $52.24  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2005
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Annotation: This book is the first critical biography of Grant Allen (1848-1899) in a century, based on all the surviving primary sources. Despite his lifelong ill health and relatively short life, Allen was a writer of extraordinary productivity and range. About half of his work reflects interests which ran from Darwinian biology to cultural travel guides. His prosperity, however, was underpinned by fiction; he wrote more than thirty novels, including "The Woman Who Did," which has attracted much recent attention from feminist critics and historians. ""The Busiest Man in England" "uses Allen's career to examine the role and status of the freelance author/journalist in the late Victorian period, and analyzes what it took to succeed in this notoriously tough profession.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2004050853
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.6" W x 9.52" (1.20 lbs) 251 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
This book is a critical biography of Grant Allen, (1848-1899), the first for a century, based on all the surviving primary sources. Born in Kingston, Ontario, into a cultured and affluent family, Allen was educated in France and England. A mysterious marriage while he was an Oxford undergraduate wrecked his academic career and radicalized his views on sexual and marital questions, as did a three-year teaching stint in Jamaica. Despite his lifelong ill health and short life, Allen was a writer of extraordinary productivity and range. About half - more than 30 books and many hundreds of articles - reflects interests which ran from Darwinian biology to cultural travel guides. His prosperity, however, was underpinned by fiction; more than 30 novels, including The Woman Who Did, which has attracted much recent attention from feminist critics and historians. The Better End of Grub Street uses Allen's career to examine the role and status of the freelance author/journalist in the late-Victorian period. Allen's career delineates what it took to succeed in this notoriously tough profession.