“Abused, neglected,—unhonoured,—unrewarded”: The Economics of Authorial Labor in the Writings of Mary Robinson
This essay examines one of the central preoccupations of Mary Robinson’s authorial career, a concern with the poor financial treatment of authors. Writers, Robinson suggests, are demeaned by predatory publishers, heartless or anti-intellectual aristocratic patrons, and a disinterested, distractible...
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| Language: | English |
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Aphra Behn Society
2016-04-01
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| Series: | ABO : Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830 |
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/abo/vol6/iss1/1/ |