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
Summary
The author argues that the seemingly antagonistic arenas of marketing and literature share a common genealogy and, in many instances, even a symbiotic relationship. Drawing from archival materials such as publisher account books, merchant trade cards, and author letters, this book traces the beginnings of many modern advertising methods--including product placement, limited-time offers, and journalistic puffery--to the British book trade during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
