John Strachan

Advertising and Satirical Culture in the Romantic Period

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An engaging study of advertising and its interactions with literature, particularly satire and parody.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9780521882149
• ISBN-10: 0521882141
• Artikelnr.: 29338964

Autorenporträt

John Strachan is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Sunderland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A 'department of literature': advertising in the Romantic period
2. 'Humbug and co.': satirical engagements with advertising 1770-1840
3. 'We keeps a poet': shoe blacking and the commercial aesthetic
4. 'Publicity to a lottery is certainly necessary': Thomas Bish and the culture of gambling
5. 'Barber or perfumer': incomparable oils and crinicultural satire
6. 'The poetry of hair-cutting': J. R. D. Huggins, the emperor of barbers
Conclusion: 'thoughts on puffs, patrons and other matters': commodifying the book
Bibliography.