Idolizing Authorship : : Literary Celebrity and the Construction of Identity, 1800 to the Present / / ed. by Rick Honings, Gaston Franssen.
Though these days, our celebrity culture tends to revolve around movie stars and pop musicians, there have been plenty of celebrity authors over the years and around the world. This volume brings together a number of contributors to look at how and why certain writers have attained celebrity through...
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) :; 30 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- List Of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Idolizing Authorship
- Part 1.The Rise Of Literary Celebrity
- 1.The Olympian Writer
- 2.The Dutch Byron
- 3.Enemy Of Society, Hero Of The Nation
- Part 2.The Golden Age Of Literary Celebrity
- 4.From Bard To Brand
- 5.In The Future, When I Will Be More Of A Celebrity
- 6.À La Recherche De La Gloire
- 7.The National Skeleton
- Part 3.The Popularization Of Literary Celebrity
- 8.Playing God
- 9.Literary Stardom And Heavenly Gifts
- 10.Sincere E-Self-Fashioning
- 11.The Fame And Blame Of An Intellectual Goth
- Notes On The Contributors
- Index