FrontmatterIntroductionChapter One: The Man of Business(In which an assessment of Thackeray's views on Writing and Business is attempted) Chapter Two: The Literary Tradesman(In which is traced Thackeray's descent from literary dilettante to literary hack and his ascent to literary tradesman)
Chapter Three: The Writer as a Literary Property(In which the tradesman extends his market and his wares) |
Chapter Four: Working the Copyrights(In which old wine is put into new wineskins)
Chapter Five: Book Production(In which the curtain rises upon the accountants and back shop)
Chapter Six: The Artist and the Marketplace(In which is debated whether the artist rules the market or the market rules the artist)Chapter Seven: An Epilogue on Prefaces(In which the speaker of, and the audiences for, the preface and the work are distinguished) |
Last modified: 9 April 2001