Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Literary History from Below 1
4. Chapter 1. Middlemen, Markets, and Literary Advice 12
5. Chapter 2. A Chance to Exercise Our Talents 34
6. Chapter 3. Fiction and the Writing Public 70
7. Chapter 4. In My Own Language about My Own People 98
8. Chapter 5. Class, Patronage, and Literary Tradition 130
9. Chapter 6. People’s Writing and the People’s War 163
10. Chapter 7. The Logic of Our Times 195
11. Chapter 8. Popular Writing after the War 234
12. Conclusion: On or about the End of the Chatterley Ban 279
13. Abbreviations 295
14. Notes 297
15. Manuscripts and Archives Consulted 365
16. Acknowledgments 371
17. Index 375