Maureen Bell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5625975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maureen Bell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maureen |
| FAMILY NAME | Bell |
| SIGNATURE | BELL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Literary pimping” or Business as Usual? Aphra Behn and the Book Trade
Aphra Behn's relationship with her publishers has frequently been characterized as gendered and unequal, framing Behn as a powerless woman deliberately exploited by “literary pimps” such as Samuel Briscoe and Charles Gildon. This notion plays into both the well-established “actress/writer as prostitute” trope and the idea of Grub Street hackery. But this implication of a sleazy and exploitative commercial relationship between writer and publisher…
Re-Constructing the Book
So wide a Gulph”
This article considers letters arising from the journeys of three brothers from Lincolnshire who travelled professionally in the early nineteenth century. Willingham Franklin became a judge and in 1822 was appointed to the Supreme Court of Madras. James joined the 1st Bengal Cavalry in 1805 and made his career in India as soldier and surveyor. John, the youngest, joined the navy at 14 and achieved fame as an arctic explorer. On the evidence of th…
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identit…
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
Volume 4 of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain covers the years between the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557 and the lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695. In a period marked by deep religious divisions, civil war and the uneasy settlement of the Restoration, printed texts - important as they were for disseminating religious and political ideas, both heterodox and state approved - interacted with oral and manuscript cultu…
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The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
Volume 4 of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain covers the years between the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557 and the lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695. In a period marked by deep religious divisions, civil war and the uneasy settlement of the Restoration, printed texts - important as they were for disseminating religious and political ideas, both heterodox and state approved - interacted with oral and manuscript cultu…
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identit…
So wide a Gulph”
This article considers letters arising from the journeys of three brothers from Lincolnshire who travelled professionally in the early nineteenth century. Willingham Franklin became a judge and in 1822 was appointed to the Supreme Court of Madras. James joined the 1st Bengal Cavalry in 1805 and made his career in India as soldier and surveyor. John, the youngest, joined the navy at 14 and achieved fame as an arctic explorer. On the evidence of th…
Re-Constructing the Book
“Literary pimping” or Business as Usual? Aphra Behn and the Book Trade
Aphra Behn's relationship with her publishers has frequently been characterized as gendered and unequal, framing Behn as a powerless woman deliberately exploited by “literary pimps” such as Samuel Briscoe and Charles Gildon. This notion plays into both the well-established “actress/writer as prostitute” trope and the idea of Grub Street hackery. But this implication of a sleazy and exploitative commercial relationship between writer and publisher…
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