Literary Advertising and the Shaping of British Romanticism.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421410715
- Literature publishing-Great Britain-History-18th century
- Literature publishing-Great Britain-History-19th century
- Authors and publishers-Great Britain-History-18th century
- Authors and publishers-Great Britain-History-19th century
- Advertising-Great Britain-History-18th century
- Advertising-Great Britain-History-19th century
- Romanticism-Great Britain
- 070.50941090/033
- Z326 .M37 2013
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Entangled Histories -- CHAPTER 1 Advertising in the Romantic Century -- CHAPTER 2 The Progress of Puffery -- CHAPTER 3 Building Brand Byron -- CHAPTER 4 L.E.L., Bandwagon Marketing, and the Rise of Visual Culture -- CHAPTER 5 Puffery and the "Death" of Literature in Late-Romantic Britain -- CONCLUSION: The Art of Advertising -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Mason uses the antics of Romantic-era advertising to illustrate the profound implications of commercial modernity, both in economic practices governing the book trade and, more broadly, in the development of the modern idea of literature.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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