Idolizing Authorship : Literary Celebrity and the Construction of Identity, 1800 to the Present /

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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 through...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Honings, Rick, 1984- (Editor), Franssen, Gaston, 1977- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press B.V., [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fame.
Authorship > Social aspects.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Renommee > Histoire.
Art d'ecrire > Aspect social > Histoire.
Fame > History.
Authorship > Social aspects > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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?
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9789048528677

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