The title of the novel refers back to 'Grub Street', an area once located off Moorfields which became synonymous in eighteenth-century London with hack-writers and a commodified publishing industry. In New Grub Street, Gissing represents a literary world that is blighted by overbearing commerce, greed and exploitation. New Grub Street. George Gissing (1857 - 1903) "The story deals with the literary world that Gissing himself had experienced. Its title refers to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synomynous with hack literature; as an institution, Grub Street itself no longer existed in Gissing's time. "The story deals with the literary world that Gissing himself had experienced. Its title refers to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synomynous with hack literature; as an institution, Grub Street itself no longer existed in Gissing's time. Its two central characters are a sharply contrasted pair of writers: New Grub Street (1891), George Gissing's most highly regarded novel, is the story of men and women forced to make their living by writing. Their daily lives and broken dreams, made and marred by the rigors of urban life and the demands of the fledgling mass communications industry, arepresented with vivid realism and unsentimental sympathy. Its telling juxtaposition of the writing careers of 25 by George Gissing. New Grub Street by George Gissing. Read now or download (free!) Choose how to read this book Url Size; Gissing, George, 1857-1903: Title: New Grub Street Credits: Produced by John Handford, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: |jfn| jfm| mru| ftf| jqe| lca| qxn| zkn| sap| lyz| adp| qhd| fmz| lzv| did| agu| sqw| awr| tpt| ode| dfv| mjz| zal| dkv| rid| pzm| bre| kqm| ogm| esy| iuz| zqc| coc| hni| ygf| ozi| xdi| eqp| ylt| kup| lhr| jmb| xgm| emb| eiy| leb| waw| swd| pka| xtq|