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‘A Feast That Lasts a Year or Two’
Writing, Reading, and Editing Serials in the ‘Quality Monthlies’
American Studies – A Monograph Series, Bd. 296
2018
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Abstract
‘A Feast That Lasts a Year or Two’ analyzes conceptualizations of the magazine serial as a format bound to the demands of the literary market in juxtaposition to the serial as a medium whose allure lies in its long form, slowly unfolding narrative, and recurring characters. This study focuses on the so-called ‘quality monthlies’ and the distinction mechanisms they employ to Set their serial fiction apart from supposedly more formulaic and commercial formats such as the story paper. Drawing on the concepts of seriality studies and criticism of serials in contemporary magazine editorials, it examines the mechanisms and challenges of serial writing and reading, as well as serial modes in the second half of the nineteenth century. Close readings of William Dean Howells’s ‘Their Wedding Journey, A Modern Instance’ and ‘The World of Chance’ then illustrate the appeals and shortcomings of serial writing and reading strategies.
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| Zwischenüberschrift | Seite | Aktion | Preis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Titel | III | ||
| Imprint | IV | ||
| Table of Contents | V | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | VII | ||
| 1 POINT OF DEPARTURE: SITUATING THE MAGAZINE SERIAL | 1 | ||
| 1.1 Mapping the Field | 2 | ||
| 1.2 Researching Nineteenth-Century Serials | 8 | ||
| 1.3 Analyzing Nineteenth-Century Serials | 13 | ||
| 2 APPROACHING SERIALITY: THE SERIAL AS MEDIUM | 17 | ||
| 3 TAKING STOCK: SOCIETY AND THE LITERARY MARKETPLACE | 31 | ||
| 3.1 Social Formations and Cultural Hierarchization | 35 | ||
| 3.2 Magazines on the Rise | 52 | ||
| 4 NEGOTIATING SERIALITY’S DEMANDS | 85 | ||
| 4.1 Serial Authorship: From Anonymous Contributor to Celebrity Authors | 87 | ||
| 4.2 Serial Readers: Imagining Communities of Readers and Reading Practices from the Parlor to the Workplace | 127 | ||
| 4.3 Serial Modes: Sensationalism, Sentimentalism, and Realism | 168 | ||
| 5 SERIAL STRATEGIES AT WORK: THREE EXAMPLES FROM WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS’S SERIAL FICTION | 215 | ||
| 5.1 Writing Strategies | 217 | ||
| 5.2 Intertextual References in „Their Wedding Journey“ | 225 | ||
| 5.3 The Limits of Serial Devices in „A Modern Instance“ | 237 | ||
| 5.4 The Episodic Sketches of „The World of Chance“ | 247 | ||
| 6 APPROACHING CLOSURE: THE RISE OF THE SHORT STORY AS A MEDIA SHIFT | 253 | ||
| 7 CONCLUSION | 261 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 265 | ||
| Backcover | 285 |
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