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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSandra Tomc has written a provocative study of the importance of the figure of the eccentric writer to the growth of a market for literature in the antebellum United States. Her book offers a sophisticated account of the shaping force of discourses of authorship on the emerging market for literary works and a meticulously researched 'thick description' of what it was like for authors to inhabit this world." — Meredith McGill, Rutgers University
"This book is definitely on to something that will be debated and used by scholars to come, a way of rethinking the figure of the alienated author/artist. It is a highly worthwhile study and it will make a fine contribution to our understanding of American literature in the antebellum era." — Stephen Rachman, Michigan State University
