Literary Fiction and the Book Trade

A Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 19-38

  Todd, Richard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abrogation; B format; Empire writing back; Free market; Restrictive practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890597024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757673.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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