Prophets, Publicists, and Parasites: Antebellum Print Culture and the Rise of the Critic

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Review "Gordon has written an account of American print culture's formative surge but an account battening on steam power rather than literary cults, with a bulked-up cast and a verbal poise that is economical and engaging. This new book is without question the real thing, truly original."―Kathleen Diffley, author of Where My Heart Is Turning Ever: Civil War Stories and Constitutional Reform, 1861–1876 Read more About the Author ADAM GORDON is associate professor of English at Whitman College. Read more