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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806832303321

Autore

Mason Nicholas <1970->

Titolo

Literary advertising and the shaping of British romanticism / / Nicholas Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4214-1071-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

070.50941090/033

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Advertising in the romantic century -- The progress of puffery -- Building brand Byron -- L.E.L., bandwagon marketing, and the rise of visual culture -- Puffery and the "death" of literature in late-romantic Britain -- Conclusion: The art of advertising.

Sommario/riassunto

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.