Making stars : biography and celebrity in eighteenth-century Britain / edited by Nora Nachumi and Kristina Straub.
| Other author/creator | Nachumi, Nora editor. |
| Other author/creator | Straub, Kristina, 1951- editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2022] |
| Description | xii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | Performing celebrity Performing celebrity. ^A1435760 |
| Abstract | "In bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in Making Stars interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Although biography was not invented in the eighteenth century, the period saw the emergence of works that focus on individuals who are interesting as much, if not more, for their everyday, lived experience than for their status or actions. At the same time, celebrity emerged as public fascination for the private lives of publicly visible individuals. Biography and celebrity are mutually constitutive, but in complex and varied ways that this volume unpacks. Contributors to this volume present us a picture of eighteenth-century celebrity that was mediated across multiple sites, demonstrating that eighteenth-century celebrity culture in Britain was more pervasive, diverse and, in many ways, more egalitarian, than previously supposed"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021045858 |
| ISBN | 9781644532645 |
| ISBN | 1644532646 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781644532652 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1644532654 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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