Emily Gowen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5702890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Gowen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Gowen |
| SIGNATURE | GOWEN E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ain’t Any Chance to Rise in the Paper Business”
This essay reconsiders literary engagements with the figure of the newsboy in terms of their own ambivalences, critiques, and calls for social reform. Taking Horatio Alger’s dime novels as a primary case study, this piece explores Alger’s sense that the growth of literary business relied too heavily on the exploitation of poverty conditions produced by and disseminated through the medium of popular print
Transatlantic Abridgment and the Unstable Economics of Robinson Crusoe
This article examines the circulation and reception of cheap nineteenth-century American abridgments of Robinson Crusoe (1719). This essay shows that the American canonization of Daniel Defoe’s narrative was a function of commercial printing and the democratic reading practices it enabled, particularly where poor and working-class readers were concerned. Robinson Crusoe’s circulation among economically marginalized audiences becomes especially im…
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Transatlantic Abridgment and the Unstable Economics of Robinson Crusoe
This article examines the circulation and reception of cheap nineteenth-century American abridgments of Robinson Crusoe (1719). This essay shows that the American canonization of Daniel Defoe’s narrative was a function of commercial printing and the democratic reading practices it enabled, particularly where poor and working-class readers were concerned. Robinson Crusoe’s circulation among economically marginalized audiences becomes especially im…
Ain’t Any Chance to Rise in the Paper Business”
This essay reconsiders literary engagements with the figure of the newsboy in terms of their own ambivalences, critiques, and calls for social reform. Taking Horatio Alger’s dime novels as a primary case study, this piece explores Alger’s sense that the growth of literary business relied too heavily on the exploitation of poverty conditions produced by and disseminated through the medium of popular print
Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Circulation (fluid dynamics) (1 work) · Democracy (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Function (biology) (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Historical Art and Culture Studies (1 work)