Spectacular Disappearances : Celebrity and Privacy, 1696-1801 /

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Fawcett theorizes over-expression as the unique quality that allows celebrities to meet their spectators' demands for disclosure without giving themselves away. Like a spotlight so brilliant it is blinding, these exaggerated self-representations suggest a new way of understanding key aspects of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fawcett, Julia H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1700-1799
Celebrities > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Fame > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Privacy > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Célébrités > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Vie privée > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Celebrities.
Civilization.
English literature.
Fame > Social aspects.
Privacy.
Theater.
Historische Persönlichkeit
Selbstdarstellung
Privatsphäre
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The celebrity emerges as the deformed king: Richard III, the king of the dunces, and the overexpression of Englishness
  • The growth of celebrity culture: Colley Cibber, Charlotte Charke, and the overexpression of gender
  • The canon of print: Laurence Sterne and the overexpression of character
  • The fate of overexpression in the age of sentiment: David Garrick, George Anne Bellamy, and the paradox of the actor
  • The memoirs of Perdita and the language of loss: Mary Robinson's alternative to overexpression
  • Coda: overexpression and its legacy.

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