Making stars: biography and celebrity in eighteenth-century britain
Éditeur :
University of Delaware Press
ISBN :
9781644532645
Date de publication :
15 juil. 2022
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 3,8 cm
Poids :
680 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in this volume interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Contributors present a picture of eighteenth-century celebrity that was mediated across multiple sites, demonstrating that celebrity culture was more pervasive, diverse and egalitarian than previously supposed.