{"product_id":"literary-advice-british-fiction-1880-1914-and-the-birth-of-the-creative-writing-industry-9781350266209","title":"Literary Advice, British Fiction 1880-1914 and the Birth of the Creative Writing Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking exploration of the development of the literary advice industry of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this book examines popular author guides of the period, offering insight into the origins of writing advice, and reconstructing debates about the relationship between the author and their public, literary value and the teaching (and teachability) of creative writing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaking clear connections with the advice offered to aspiring writers today, Paul Vlitos historicizes the fields of creative writing and literary criticism, tracing to their origins some of the enduring platitudes of pedagogy whilst studying the matrix of attitudes and circumstances out of which they emerged. Works explored include Percy Russell's \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Manual; or, A Complete Guide to Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e (1886) and \u003ci\u003eThe Author's Manual \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), Leopold Wagner's \u003ci\u003eHow to Publish a Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1898), George Bainton's \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Authorship \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), Walter Besant's \u003ci\u003eThe Pen and the Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1899), E.H. Lacon Watson's \u003ci\u003eHints to Young Authors \u003c\/i\u003e(1902) and Arnold Bennett's \u003ci\u003eHow to Become an Author\u003c\/i\u003e (1903), \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition, Vlitos places the period's writing advice in dialogue with fictional Victorian and Edwardian fictional depictions of the literary life, demonstrating how authors each presented their own versions of what it might mean to be a writer in a changing economic and cultural landscape. Featuring such fiction including the short stories of Henry James, H. Rider Haggard's \u003ci\u003eMr Meeson's Will \u003c\/i\u003e(1888), George Gissing's \u003ci\u003eNew Grub Street\u003c\/i\u003e (1891), Marie Corelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Satan\u003c\/i\u003e (1895), Sarah Grand's \u003ci\u003eThe Beth Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1897), George Paston's \u003ci\u003eA Writer of Books\u003c\/i\u003e (1899), Mary Cholmondeley's \u003ci\u003eRed Pottage\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) and Arnold Bennett's \u003ci\u003eA Great Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1904), this book offers striking new readings of texts both canonical and neglected, bestselling and consciously high-brow, to shed light on how the idea of an author, in its modern sense, is articulated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Vlitos \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Greenwich, UK, where he is Academic Portfolio Lead for Creative Writing and for English Literature. As well as his academic writing and the novels he has published under his own name, Paul also writes fiction (with Collette Lyons) as Ellery Lloyd. Their first novel, \u003ci\u003ePeople Like Her\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), was a Richard and Judy Summer Pick and a Book of the Month Club pick. Their second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Club\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), was a Reese's Book Club pick and New York Times Bestseller. Their third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Final Act of Juliette Willoughby\u003c\/i\u003e (2024) was a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eEating and Identity in Postcolonial Fiction: Consuming Passions, Unpalatable Truths\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039773880594,"sku":"9781350266209","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b39bed33-c075-4404-b102-f65b376c96c2.jpg?v=1771413356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/literary-advice-british-fiction-1880-1914-and-the-birth-of-the-creative-writing-industry-9781350266209","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}