Advertising and Satirical Culture in the Romantic Period (Hardcover)

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.