{"product_id":"pamela-in-the-marketplace-9780521110181","title":"Pamela in the Marketplace","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Richardson's Pamela (1740) is often regarded as the first true novel in English and a landmark in literary history; it also produced one of the greatest literary controversies in its time. Thomas Keymer and Peter Sabor offer a definitive account of the novel's enormous cultural impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This excellent book derives from Thomas Keymer and Peter Sabor's previous joint work - The 'Pamela' Controversy … Providing a wealth of new information in a crisp, witty narrative, it goes far beyond the previous commentaries on the subject of Pamela as a phenomenon of the commercial marketplace. …this book's dazzling command of historical evidence renders in depth the whole complex dynamics of eighteenth-century cultural production' Modern Language Review\u003cbr\u003e' … a lively and informative analysis … admirable and enjoyable …' Notes and Queries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; 1. 'The selling part': publication, promotion, profits; 2. Literary property and the trade in continuations; 3. Counter-fictions and novel production; 4. Domestic servitude and the licensed stage; 5. Pamela illustrations and the visual culture of the novel; 6. Commercial morality, colonial nationalism, and Pamela's Irish reception; Afterword; Appendix. A chronology of publications, performances and related events to 1750; Select bibliography; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767600054615,"sku":"9780521110181","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521110181.jpg?v=1758713958","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pamela-in-the-marketplace-9780521110181","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}