(print) xviii, 327 p. : facsim., port. ; 27 cm
"Checklist: the publications of William Charvat": p. [317]-319. Includes bibliographical references

I. Introduction 3 -- II. The Beginnings of Professionalism 5 -- III. The Conditions of Authorship in 1820 29 -- IV. American Romanticism and the Depression of 1837 (1937) 49 -- V. Cooper as Professional Author (1954) 68 -- VI. Poe : Journalism and the Theory of Poetry (1962) 84 -- VII. The Popularization of Poetry 100 -- VIII. Longfellow 106 -- IX. Longfellow's Income from His Writings, 1842-1852 (1944) 155 -- X. James T. Fields and the Beginnings of Book Promotion (1954) 168 -- XI. Melville's Income (1943) 190 -- XII. Melville 204 -- XIII. Melville and the Common Reader (1958) 262 -- XIV. Literary Economics and Literary History (1950) 283 -- XV. The People's Patronage (1948) 298 -- Checklist : The Publications of William Charvat 317 -- Index 321