Sentiment and Celebrity : Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame.

This volume tells the story of a man the "New York Times" once called "the most talked-about author in America." A widely admired, if controversial, master of the sentimental appeal, poet and "magazinist" Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867) was a pioneer in the modern b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baker, Thomas Nelson
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, > 1806-1867.
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, > 1806-1867
1800-1899
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Celebrities > United States > Biography.
Authorship > History > 19th century.
Sentimentalism in literature.
Écrivains américains > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Art d'écrire > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Authors, American
Authorship
Celebrities
Sentimentalism in literature
United States
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Chronology; ONE: Celebrity Comes of Age; TWO: Beauty's Apostle; THREE: American Pelham; FOUR: The Spy Who Came to Dinner; FIVE: The Coming Aristocracy; SIX: Affairs of Honor; SEVEN: Trials of Celebrity; EIGHT: Outrageous Fictions; NINE: Echoes; Notes; Sources and Bibliography; Index.

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