A guide to various things he/she should know when trying to sell work: selecting the right gallery, approaching galleries, pricing, terms and conditions, other options, artists' agents, working with publishers,and public art commissioners. It also contains sample contracts and a list of other legal considerations, and notes on websites.
Instead of (mis)reading these autobiographies as historical documentation, Pooler examines how these authors conduct a Romantic-style conversation about literature through literature as a means of reconfirming the role of the artist in the face of shifting values and the cataclysm of the Great War.