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Idolizing Authorship : Literary Celebrity and the Construction of Identity, 1800 to the Present / ed. by Rick Honings, Gaston Franssen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (276 p.) : 30 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089649638
  • 9789048528677
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809
LOC classification:
  • PN452 .I36 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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 throughout history. How were their images as celebrities constructed by themselves and in complicity with their fans? And how did that process and its effects differ from country to country and era to era?
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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

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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 throughout history. How were their images as celebrities constructed by themselves and in complicity with their fans? And how did that process and its effects differ from country to country and era to era?

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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